Fronto

See also: fronto and fronto-

Latin

Etymology

From frontō (person with a large forehead), from frons (forehead) +‎ (suffix forming related nouns).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Frontō m sg (genitive Frontōnis); third declension

  1. a cognomen used by the gens Catia, Cornelia, Octavia, and others
  2. (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.