front (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. frons, ntis, f.2. prior pars3. (milit. t. t.) princĭpia, orum (the troops who in forming line of battle would be next the enemy)4. prīmum agmen (of troops marching) • front (subs.): i. e. the fore part of anything: 1. frons, ntis, f.: he draws up his forces in f. of the camp, copias ante f. castrorum instruit, Caes. B. C. 3, 37 (a somewhat unusual expr.): he proceeded with a straight f. to battle, aequa f. ad pugnam procedebat, Liv. 36, 44, init.: he stationed eight cohorts in the f., octo cohortes in f. constituit, Sall.: in f. and on the left, a f. et ab sinistra parte, Caes. B. G. 2, 23: the f. of a house, f. aedium, Vitr. 2. prior pars: v. fore. 3. (milit. t. t.) princĭpia, orum (the troops who in forming line of battle would be next the enemy): immediately behind the f., post pr., Sall. Jug. 50 (v. Long ad l.): Liv. 4. prīmum agmen (of troops marching): Sall.: Liv.: v. van. Phr.: in f. of, or from the f. of, pro (with abl.): in f. of all the temples, pro templis omnibus, Cic. Mil. init.: to announce anything from the f. of a platform, aliquid pro suggestu pronuntiare, Cæs. B. G. 6, 3: Cic. See also before, opposite to. Sometimes in front may be expr. by adversus (adj.): as, a wound in f. (opp. to in the back), adversum vulnus, Cic. Harusp. resp. 19, 40: in the f. of the body, adverso corpore, Cic. Verr. 5, 1, 3: in f. of each other, ex adverso (of armies), Suet. Caes. 39, med.: Just.