Fronto

See also: fronto and fronto-

Latin

Etymology

From frontō (“a man with a broad forehead”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfron.toː/, [ˈfrɔn.toː]

Proper noun

Frontō m (genitive Frontōnis); third declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Marcus Cornelius Fronto, a Roman rhetorician

Inflection

Third declension.

Case 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
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