μέτωπ-ον, τό,
also μέτωπ-ος, ὴ, [[ “Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum” (assuming variant)] Refs]: (μετά, ὤψ):—properly the space between the eyes [[(4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 491b12)] Refs 4th c.BC+], brow, forehead, ὁ δὲ προσιόντα [ἤλασεν] μέτωπον ῥινὸς ὑπὲρ πυμάτης [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13. 615, etc.; στίγματα ἔχων ἐν τῷ μ. “IG” 42(1).121.48 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χαλάσας τὸ μ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 655 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; mostly of men, but of a horse in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.454, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 727 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a boar, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a dog, [[ [prev. author] “Cyn.” 4.1 ] Refs]: in plural, of a single person, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.107, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1568, etc.; τὰ μέτωπ᾽ ἀνέσπασεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 631. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, γαίας μ., of Etna, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.30. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II front, face of anything, as a wall or building, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.178, 2.124; τεῖχος ὡς ἐπὶ δέκα σταδίους.. μ. ἕκαστον measuring 10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] stades on each face, [[ [prev. author] 9.15, compare “IG” 22.463.66, 7.4255.19, “BCH” 20.324.65 (Lebad.)] Refs]; τὰ μ. τῶν κλιμακτήρων vertical faces of the steps, [[ “IG” 22.244.80] Refs]; wall extending inwards between two doors, [[[prev. work]1657.3, 1668.23,59 (uncertain meaning in 12.372.30)] Refs]; front or front-line of an army, fleet, etc., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 720, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς μ. στῆναι to stand in line, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.2; ἐπὶ μετώπου διιέναι, opposed to ἐπὶ κέρως or κέρας (in column), [prev. work] 2.4.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν μετώπῳ καθιστάναι, παρατάξασθαι,[[ [prev. work] 2.4.4, “HG” 2.1.23. ] Refs]