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“brow” in Latin
superciliumThe eyebrow.; The nod, the will.; Pride, haughtiness, arrogance, sternness, superciliousness.frōnsthe forehead, brow, front; the brow or countenance as an indicator of the feelings; as the mirror of a person's charactevultusa facial expression, look, countenance; the front of the head, face; the face as involved in looking; the view, gazeōsmouth; (in general) head or face; (in general) facial features, countenance, appearanceaddūcōto lead, bring, draw or convey to or to oneself; to prompt, induce, cause; to persuade, moveattrahōto draw, pull or drag to or towards with force; to draw, allure, lead, bring, move, attractexporrigōto stretch or spread out; to smooth the brow; to extend, expand, widenexplicōto unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; to spread out, stretch out, extend, display, deploy; to disentangle, solve, set
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
brow
eye-brow, supercilium.
Forehead, frons. The bending or knitting of the brows, superciliorum contractio. To knit or wrinkle the brow, frontem contrahere, adducere, attrahere: to clear it, frontem remittere, exporrigere, explicare. A lofty brow, frons alta. A low, small brow, frons brevis. A severe brow, frons severa, triste supercilium. A haughty brow, grande supercilium, supercilium.
Countenance, face, vultus; os.
The brow of a mountain, supercilium montis, summum jugum montis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for brow?
- The usual Latin words for “brow” are supercilium, frōns, vultus; also ōs, addūcō, attrahō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.