μέτωπ-ον,τό, alsoμέτωπ-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 μέτωπ' ἀνέσπασεν
Ar. Eq. 631
.
2. metaph.,γαίας μ., of Etna, Pi. P. 1.30 .
II. front, faceof anything, as a wall or building, Hdt. 1.178 , 2.124 ;τεῖχος ὡς ἐπὶ δέκα σταδίους . . μ. ἕκαστονmeasuring 10 stades on eachface, Id. 9.15 , cf. IG 22.463.66 , 7.4255.19 , BCH 20.324.65 (Lebad.);τὰ μ. τῶν κλιμακτήρωνverticalfacesof the steps, IG 22.244.80 ;wallextending inwards between two doors, ib. 1657.3 , 1668.23 , 59 (dub. sens. in 12.372.30 );frontorfront-lineof an army, fleet, etc., A. Pers. 720 , etc.;εἰς μ. στῆναιto stand inline, X. Cyr. 2.4.2 ;ἐπὶ μετώπου διιέναι, opp.ἐπὶ κέρωςorκέρας(in column), ib. 2.4.3 ;ἐν μετώπῳ καθιστάναι, παρατάξασθαι, ib. 2.4.4 , HG 2.1.23 .