frontispicium

Latin

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Etymology

From frons (“forehead, front”) +‎ -spic- (“to look, observe”, combining form of speciō) +‎ -ium.

Noun

frontispicium n (genitive frontispiciī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

1. (architecture, chiefly of a church) facade
2. the looks of one's forehead, forehead
3. (Christianity) an certain ornament put on the altar of a church

   Synonym: frontāle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	frontispicium	frontispicia
genitive	frontispiciī	frontispiciōrum
dative	frontispiciō	frontispiciīs
accusative	frontispicium	frontispicia
ablative	frontispiciō	frontispiciīs
vocative	frontispicium	frontispicia

References

• "frontispicium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)