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noun

Fronto

gen. Frōnis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
a proper name; a famous Roman orator from Cirta; in Numidia
a proper name. So esp.: M. Cornelius Fronto, a famous Roman orator from Cirta, in Numidia, who lived about A. D. 90-168. Small portions of his writings have been discovered in palimpsests by Angelo Mai.—
of Fronto; Frontonian; pupils of Fronto •
Deriv. Frontōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of Fronto, Frontonian: decreta, Dig. 29, 2, 99.—Subst.: Frontōnĭāni, ōrum, m., pupils of Fronto, Frontonians, Sid. Ep. 1, 1.
Perseus ID: n18850 Key: Fronto2