μέτωπον

μέτωπον, τό, also μέτωπ-ος, ὴ, Gloss. (s.v.l.): (μετά, ὤψ):—prop. A. the space between the eyes (Arist. HA 491b12), brow, forehead, ὁ δὲ προσιόντα [ἤλασεν] μέτωπον ῥινὸς ὑπὲρ πυμάτης Il. 13. 615, etc.; στίγματα ἔχων ἐν τῷ μ. IG 42(1).121.48 (Epid., iv B.C.); χαλάσας τὸ μ. Ar. V. 655; mostly of men, but of a horse in Il. 23.454, cf. S. El. 727; of a boar, X. Cyr. 1.4.8; of a dog, Id. Cyn. 4.1: in pl., of a single person, Od. 6.107, E. Hel. 1568, etc.; τὰ μέτωπʼ ἀνέσπασεν Ar. Eq. 631. 2. metaph., γαίας μ., of Etna, Pi. P. 1.30. II. front, face of anything, as a wall or building, Hdt. 1.178, 2.124; τεῖχος ὡς ἐπὶ δέκα σταδίους . . μ. ἕκαστον measuring 10 stades on each face, Id. 9.15, cf. IG 22.463.66, 7.4255.19, BCH 20.324.65 (Lebad.); τὰ μ. τῶν κλιμακτήρων vertical faces of the steps, IG 22.244.80; wall extending inwards between two doors, ib.1657.3, 1668.23,59 (dub. sens. in 12.372.30); front or front-line of an army, fleet, etc., A. Pers. 720, etc.; εἰς μ. στῆναι to stand in line, X. Cyr. 2.4.2; ἐπὶ μετώπου διιέναι, opp. ἐπὶ κέρως or κέρας (in column), ib.2.4.3; ἐν μετώπῳ καθιστάναι, παρατάξασθαι, ib.2.4.4, HG 2.1.23. 2. margin of a book, Gal. 15.624, 17(1).80, Marin. Procl. 25. III. = χαλβάνη, or the reed or wood which yields it, Dsc. 1.59,3.83. 2. v.l. for νέτωπον (q.v.).