different between epicranium vs frons

English

Etymology

epi- +? cranium

Noun

epicranium (plural epicrania)

1. (anatomy) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
2. (zoology) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fr?ns (“the forehead, brow, front”). Doublet of front.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??nz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??nz/
• Rhymes: -?nz

Noun

frons (plural frontes)

1. (anatomy) In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
2. (entomology) The front part of the epicranium or head capsule of many insects; generally speaking the frons is the area below or between the antennae and above the clypeus. Generally it lies between the genal or "cheek" areas on either side of the head.
3. (entomology) (of Diptera) The postfrons.

Synonyms

• forehead

References

• “frons”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “frons”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fronce, from Old French fronce, from Frankish *hrunkja (“wrinkle”) from Proto-Germanic *hrunkij?, *hrunkit? (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sker- (“to turn, bend”). The semantic narrowing to frowns on the forehead may be influenced by unrelated Latin fr?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fr?ns/
• Hyphenation: frons
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

frons f (plural fronsen, diminutive fronsje n)

1. A frown, a furrow of one's eyebrows or forehead.

Related terms

• fronsen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: frons

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *fronts, from Proto-Indo-European *b?rónts (compare Irish braine (“prow, edge”), Old Norse brandr (“sword blade”)), from *b?ren- (“to project; edge”).

An alternative etymology links this word with Proto-West Germanic *stirniju (“forehead”), Proto-Iranian *r??nah (“side; hip, loins”), and Proto-Baltic *sr??nas (“hip, loins”), from a hypothetical Indo-European root *sren- (“side”), with a controversial sound shift *sr > *?r > /fr/ to parallel e.g. *sréwoh? > *?row? > (*fru? >) flu?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /frons/, [f?õ?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /frons/, [f??ns]

Noun

fr?ns f (genitive frontis); third declension

1. (literally):
   1. (anatomy) the forehead, brow, front

      Synonyms: ?s, vultus

   2. the brow or countenance as an indicator of the feelings

      Synonyms: vultus, faci?s

2. (figuratively):
   1. as the mirror of a person's character or feelings
   2. (in particular) as expressing shame
      1. (transferred sense) a sense of modesty; decorum, decency

   3. (Late Latin) as expressing impudence, boldness

      Synonym: ?s

3. (transferred sense):
   1. the outward appearance, external quality, look (as distinct from inward nature)

      Synonyms: faci?s, speci?s

   2. the forepart of anything; the front, facade (as opposed to back and sides)

      Antonyms: tergum, latus

   3. (military) the front of an army or fleet in battle array
   4. (surveying, geography) frontage (the part facing the road, river, coastline), usually in ref. to its length
      1. the coastline; a projecting piece of coast
   5. the outer extremity or face, the outer or inner surface (eg. of a wall), the top or bottom end (of a trench), the broad side (of a rectangle)
      1. either of the flat ends of a papyrus scroll
   6. the exposed surface, outer side of anything

Inflection

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *b?ron-d- (compare Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”), from *b?ren- (“project”).

Alternative forms

• fruns (dialectal)

Noun

fr?ns f (genitive frondis); third declension

1. (literally) A leafy branch, green bough, foliage.

   Synonym: folium

2. (poetic, transferred sense) A garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet.

Inflection

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

Related terms

• frond?sc?

Descendants

References

• “frons” on page 810 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• frons in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frons in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• frons in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• frons in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.