Latin

Noun

frontālia n ‎(genitive frontālium); third declension

1. (plural only) A frontlet: an ornament for the forehead, generally for horses
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 37.40

     Ingentes ipsi erant; addebant speciem frontalia et cristae et tergo impositae turres turribusque superstantes praeter rectorem quaterni armati.

     They themselves were enormous; the frontlet, plumes, and howdahs set upon their back and the armed troops, four each, standing upon the howdahs in addition to the rider were adding to the sight.

Inflection

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

Related terms

• frōns
• frontālis

References

frontalia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “frontalia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.