πρόσωπον

πρόσωπον, τό: pl. πρόσωπα, Ep. (Aeol.acc. to Sch.Il. 7.212) προσώπατα Od. 18.192, AP 5.230 (Maced.), Opp. C. 1.419, etc.; dat. προσώπασι Il. 7.212: a masc. nom. πρόσωπος is cited from Pl.Com. 250:— A. face, countenance (cf. μέτωπον), Hom., always in pl., even of a single person, Il. 7.212, 18.414, Od. 19.361, al. (exc. Il. 18.24), and so in Hes. Op. 594 (v.l. -πον), S. Fr. 871.6(v.infr.), El. 1277(lyr.), OC 314, X. An. 2.6.11(dub.), AP 9.322 (Leon.): sg. in h.Hom. 10.2,31.12, and usu. in later writers; π. κλιθὲν προσώπῳ Simon. 37.12; εἰς π. βλέπειν E. Hipp. 280; ἐς π. τινὸς ἀφικέσθαι come before him, ib.720; π. πρός τινα στρέφειν Id. Ph. 457; οὐκ ὄψεσθε τὸ π. μου LXXGe. 43.3, cf. UPZ 70.5 (ii B.C.); κατὰ πρόσωπον in front, facing, Th. 1.106, X. Cyr. 1.6.43, etc.; τὴν κατὰ π. τῆς ἀντίας φάλαγγος τάξιν ib.6.3.35; κατὰ π. Αἰγύπτου facing, fronting Egypt, LXX Ge. 25.18; opp. κατὰ νώτου, Plb. 1.28.9; κατὰ π. ἄγειν, opp. κατὰ κέρας ὑπεραίρειν, Id. 11.14.6, etc.; κατὰ π. in person, ἡ κατὰ π. ἔντευξις Plu. Caes. 17; κατὰ π. παραμυθήσασθαι, opp. διὰ τοῦ ψαφίσματος, IG 42(1).86.22 (Epid.); so κατὰ πρόσωπα Eudox. Ars 11.21; also πρὸς τὸ π. X. Cyn. 10.9; ἐπὶ προσώπου Ἰεριχώ in front of Jericho, LXX De. 34.1; ἔρρʼ ἐκ προσώπου Herod. 8.59; ἀπὸ π. τῆς γῆς LXXAm. 9.8; βλέπειν εἰς π. τινός regard his countenance, Ev.Matt. 22.16: usu. of the face of man or God, as λειτουργῶν τῷ π. Κυρίου LXX 1 Ki. 2.11; οἱ ἄρτοι τοῦ π., of shewbread, ib.21.6: of the ibis, Hdt. 2.76; of dogs, ἀπὸ τῶν π. φαιδραί X. Cyn. 4.2; of horses, Arist. HA 631a5; of deer, ib.579a2; of fish, Anaxandr. 30,33.16; face of the moon, S. Fr. 871.6 (pl.), Plu. 2.920b: metaph., ἀργυρωθεῖσαι πρόσωπα . . ἀοιδαί Pi. I. 2.8. 2. front, façade, Id. P. 6.14, cf. E. Ion 189 (lyr., pl.); κατὰ π. τοῦ ἱεροῦ, τῆς νεώς, PPetr. 3p.2 (iii B.C.), Ach.Tat. 3.1,2; τιθέναι τὰς φιάλας ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Asclep.Myrl. ap.Ath. 11.501d. II. oneʼs look, countenance, A. Ag. 639,794 (anap., pl.), Eu. 990 (anap., pl.), etc.; οὐ τὸ σὸν δείσας π. S. OT 448: metaph., φαίνοισα π. Ἀλάθεια Pi. N. 5.17. 2. Astrol., decan considered as the domain of a planet, ἐν ἰδίοις π. Vett.Val. 62.21, Paul. Al.C. 2. III. = προσωπεῖον, mask, D. 19.287 (-εῖον is v.l.), Arist. Po. 1449a36, b4, Pr. 958a17, Dsc. 3.144 (v.l.), Poll. 2.47; π. ὑπάργυρον κατάχρυσον IG 12.276.6, cf. 42(1).102.58,68 (Epid., iv B.C.), Clara Rhodos 6/7.428; ὀθόνινον π. prob. in Pl.Com. 142; π. περίθετον Aristomen. 5; of the Roman imagines, Plb. 6.53.5; bust or portrait, Sammelb. 5221, OGI 432.1 (Naksh-i-Rustam, iii A.D.). 2. dramatic part, character, Phld. Rh. 1.199S., Arr. Epict. 1.29.45 and 57; κωφὸν π. Cic. Att. 13.19.3; character in a book, τὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ὄνομα καὶ π. Plb. 8.11.5; τὸ τοῦ Ὀδυσσέως π. Id. 12.27.10, cf. Phld. Po. 5.32; also ἀστοχεῖν τοῦ π., of an author, Callisth.44J.; ἐπὶ προσχήματι καὶ π. δικαστῶν Ael. Fr. 168. IV. person, Phld. Rh. 1.52S. (pl.); ἀδίκως μὴ κρῖνε πρόσωπον Ps.-Phoc. 10; προσώπῳ, οὐ καρδίᾳ in person, in bodily presence, 1 Ep.Thess. 2.17, cf. 2 Ep.Cor. 5.12; ποιεῖν or πληροῦν τὸ π. τινός to represent a person, PRein. 56.30 (iv A.D.), Sammelb. 6000ii 12 (vi A.D.); λαμβάνειν π. τινός admit a person to oneʼs presence, εἰ προσδέξεταί σε, εἰ λήψεται πρόσωπόν σου LXXMa. 1.8; hence, = προσωποληπτεῖν, Ev.Luc. 20.21, Ep.Gal. 2.6; μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ π. μου, i.e. do not reject my prayer, LXX 3 Ki. 2.20; θαυμάσαι π. ἀσεβοῦς ib.Pr. 18.5; ὁ θεὸς ὁ μέγας . . , ὅστις οὐ θαυμάζει π. οὐδὲ οὐ μὴ λάβῃ δῶρον ib.De. 10.17. 2. legal personality, Bion Borysth. ap. D.L. 4.46. 3. Gramm., person, D.T. 638.4,A.D. Pron. 3.12, etc.; γυναικεῖα π. Alex.Trall. 2. 4. π. πόλεως a feature of the city, of a person, Cic. Fam. 15.17.2. 5. f.l.in Zeno Stoic. 1.23 (cf.Nicol. Prog.p.4 F.).