Fronto
Latin
Etymology
From frontō (“person with a large forehead”), from frons (“forehead”) + -ō (suffix forming related nouns).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfrɔn.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfrɔn̪.t̪o]
Proper noun
Frontō m sg (genitive Frontōnis); third declension
- a cognomen used by the gens Catia, Cornelia, Octavia, and others
- (rare) a masculine praenomen
- Fronto Iuncius
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Frontō |
| genitive | Frontōnis |
| dative | Frontōnī |
| accusative | Frontōnem |
| ablative | Frontōne |
| vocative | Frontō |
Derived terms
- Frontōniānus
References
- “Fronto2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Fronto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.