English → Latin
“fronting” in Latin
contrāriusopposite, opposed, contrary, conflicting, witherwardpōnōto place; to put; to lay; to ordain; to appoint; to make (something); to set up; to pitch (camp)iaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline; to be sick, lie ill; to linger, stop, tarry, remaincontrāagainst; opposite to; contrary toadversusfacing, opposite; towards; againstexadversumopposite, over against
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fronting
contrarius: Fronting a place, alicui loco adversus et contrarius; quod contra locum est or positum est; quod ex adverso or exadversum situm (positum) est, jacet; or by preposition, contra, adversus, exadversus, or -um (all with accusative): e regione (with genitive of place, dative of person; fronting like two parallel lines: ☞ not regione only, which = “in the district of;” ☞ Suet., Caes., 39).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fronting?
- The usual Latin words for “fronting” are contrārius, pōnō, iaceō; also contrā, adversus, exadversum. 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.