front part cut off
προτομή,ἡ, (προτέμνω)
A. front part cut off: esp.,
1. head and face of a decapitated animal(rarelyof a decapitated man, LXX 2 Ma. 15.35 , and of a boar with human head, Ps.- Plu. Fluv. 21.4 ), γλαύκου
Antiph. 132.4
; γρυπός
IG 12.280.15
; λέοντος Inscr.Deélos
442
B 108
(ii B.C.); ἐλάφου
OGI 214.41
(Didyma,iii B.C.); λύκου
D.S. 1.18
;λεόντων, ταύρων, δρακόντων, ib. 62 ;Κερβέρουib. 96 ; Γοργόνος
Corn. ND 20
; χηνίσκων
Orib. 49.4.28
; of a dolphin as figurehead, AP 7.215 ( Anyt. );π. ἵππου, name of the asterism Eculeus, Gem. 3.8 ,
Ptol. Alm. 7.5 .
2. cupin shape of animal's face, Philox. 5 , IG 11(2).287
B 34 , 134 (Delos,iii B.C.).
3. bust, ib. 14.1518 ;αἱ π. τοῦ Καίσαροςtheimaginesorbustsof the Emperor on the Roman standards, J. AJ 18.3.1 , cf. IG 22.1108.6 , Ostr. 178
(ii A.D.), al.; π. τῆς ἀρχῆς
Lyd. Mag. 3.21
.
