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προτομή , , (προτέμνω)
A.front part cut off: esp.,
1. head and face of a decapitated animal (rarely of a decapitated man, LXX 2 Ma. 15.35, and of a boar with human head, Ps.-Plu.Fluv.21.4), “γλαύκουAntiph.132.4; “γρυπόςIG12.280.15; “λέοντοςInscr.Deélos 442 B 108 (ii B.C.); “ἐλάφουOGI214.41 (Didyma, iii B.C.); “λύκουD.S.1.18; λεόντων, ταύρων, δρακόντων, ib.62; Κερβέρου ib.96; “ΓοργόνοςCorn. ND20; “χηνίσκωνOrib.49.4.28; of a dolphin as figurehead, AP7.215 (Anyt.); π. ἵππου, name of the asterism Eculeus, Gem.3.8, Ptol.Alm.7.5.
2. cup in shape of animal's face, Philox.5, IG 11(2).287B34, 134 (Delos, iii B.C.).
3. bust, ib.14.1518; αἱ π. τοῦ Καίσαρος the imagines or busts of the Emperor on the Roman standards, J.AJ18.3.1, cf. IG22.1108.6, Ostr.178 (ii A.D.), al.; “π. τῆς ἀρχῆςLyd.Mag.3.21.
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