LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

frontō1

frontō m (genitive frontōnis)
Classical[ˈfrɔn.toː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfrɔn.to]

Meaning

  1. A person with a large forehead

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefrontōfrontōnēs
genitivefrontōnisfrontōnum
dativefrontōnīfrontōnibus
accusativefrontōnemfrontōnēs
ablativefrontōnefrontōnibus
vocativefrontōfrontōnēs

fronto, ōnis, m.
I. amplif. [2. frons], one who has a broad forehead: ecquos naevum habere? ecquos silos, flaccos, frontones, capitones? Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80.—Hence,

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin frontō From frōns (“forehead”) + -ō (suffix forming related nouns).

Descendants
  • Englishfronton
  • Frenchfronton
  • Italianfrontone
  • Portuguesefrontão
  • Spanishfrontón
  • Sicilianfruntuni
proper noun · masculinethird declension
Frontō2
Frontō m sg (genitive Frontōnis)
Classical[ˈfrɔn.toː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfrɔn.to]

Meaning

  1. a cognomen used by the gens Catia, Cornelia, Octavia, and others
    Marcus Cornelius Fronto
  2. rarea masculine praenomen
    Fronto Iuncius

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeFrontō—
genitiveFrontōnis—
dativeFrontōnī—
accusativeFrontōnem—
ablativeFrontōne—
vocativeFrontō—

Fronto, ōnis, m.,
I. 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.—
II. 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.

Origins

From frontō (“person with a large forehead”), from frons (“forehead”) + -ō (suffix forming related nouns).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyFrontoFronto. of EMISA, the uncle of Longinus, taught rhetoric at Athens, and wrote many orations, in the reign of Alexander Severus. There are two epigrams…

Quick answers

What does frontō mean in Latin?
frontō, a noun, means “A person with a large forehead”.
What is the genitive of frontō?
The genitive singular is frontōnis. frontō is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce frontō?
In classical Latin, [ˈfrɔn.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfrɔn.to].