Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Capronae

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

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CAPRO'NAE (προκόπιον). The locks of hair which fall down over the centre of the forehead from the top of the head; distinctly marked in the illustration (Capronae/1.1) annexed, from a supposed statue of Adonis found in the amphitheatre of Capua. Non. Marc. s. v. p. 22. Apul. Flor. i. 3. 3.

2. The forelock of a horse; when it falls over the forehead, as in the example (Capronae/2.1), from an engraved gem, instead of being tied up into a tuft (cirrus), a very common practice. Festus, s. v. Xen. Equest. v. 6.

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