πρόσωπον

A. προσώπατα Od. 18.192, AP 5.230 (Maced.), Opp. C. 1.419, etc.; dat. προσώπασι Il. 7.212: a masc. nom. πρόσωπος is cited from Pl.Com. 250:— face, countenance (cf. μέτωπον), Hom., always in pl., even of a single person, Il. 7.212, 18.414, Od. 19.361, al. (exc. Il. 18.24), and so in Hes. Op. 594 (v.l. ‐πον), S. Fr. 871.6(v.infr.), El. 1277(lyr.), OC 314, X. An. 2.6.11(dub.), AP 9.322(Leon.): sg. in h.Hom. 10.2,31.12, and usu. in later writers; π. κλιθὲν προσώπῳ Simon. 37.12; εἰς π. βλέπειν E. Hipp. 280; ἐς π. τινὸς ἀφικέσθαι come before him, ib.720; π. πρός τινα στρέφειν Id. Ph. 457; οὐκ ὄψεσθε τὸ π. μου LXX Ge. 43.3, cf. UPZ 70.5 (ii B.C.); κατὰ πρόσωπον in front, facing, Th. 1.106, X. Cyr. 1.6.43, etc.; τὴν κατὰ π. τῆς ἀντίας φάλαγγος τάξιν ib.6.3.35; κατὰ π. Αἰγύπτου facing, fronting Egypt, LXX Ge. 25.18; opp. κατὰ νώτου, Plb. 1.28.9; κατὰ π. ἄγειν, opp. κατὰ κέρας ὑπεραίρειν, Id. 11.14.6, etc.; κατὰ π. in person, ἡ κατὰ π. ἔντευξις Plu. Caes. 17; κατὰ π. παραμυθήσασθαι, opp. διὰ τοῦ ψαφίσματος, IG 42(1).86.22 (Epid.); so κατὰ πρόσωπα Eudox. Ars 11.21; also πρὸς τὸ π. X. Cyn. 10.9; ἐπὶ προσώπου Ἰεριχώ in front of Jericho, LXX De. 34.1; ἔρρ’ ἐκ προσώπου Herod. 8.59; ἀπὸ π. τῆς γῆς LXX Am. 9.8; βλέπειν εἰς π. τινός regard his countenance, Ev.Matt. 22.16: usu. of the face of man or God, as λειτουργῶν τῷ π. Κυρίου LXX 1 Ki. 2.11; οἱ ἄρτοι τοῦ π., of shewbread, ib.21.6: of the ibis, Hdt. 2.76; of dogs, ἀπὸ τῶν π. φαιδραί X. Cyn. 4.2; of horses, Arist. HA 631a5; of deer, ib.579a2; of fish, Anaxandr. 30,33.16; face of the moon, S. Fr. 871.6 (pl.), Plu. 2.920b: metaph., ἀργυρωθεῖσαι πρόσωπα . . ἀοιδαί Pi. I. 2.8.

2. front, façade, Id. P. 6.14, cf. E. Ion 189 (lyr., pl.); κατὰ π. τοῦ ἱεροῦ, τῆς νεώς, PPetr. 3p.2 (iii B.C.), Ach.Tat. 3.1,2; τιθέναι τὰς φιάλας ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Asclep.Myrl. ap.Ath. 11.501d.

II. one's look, countenance, A. Ag. 639,794 (anap., pl.), Eu. 990 (anap., pl.), etc.; οὐ τὸ σὸν δείσας π. S. OT 448: metaph., φαίνοισα π. Ἀλάθεια Pi. N. 5.17.

2. Astrol., decan considered as the domain of a planet, ἐν ἰδίοις π. Vett.Val. 62.21, Paul. Al.C. 2.

III. = προσωπεῖον, mask, D. 19.287 (‐εῖον is v.l.), Arist. Po. 1449a36, b4, Pr. 958a17, Dsc. 3.144 (v.l.), Poll. 2.47; π. ὑπάργυρον κατάχρυσον IG 12.276.6, cf. 42(1).102.58,68 (Epid., iv B.C.), Clara Rhodos 6/7.428; ὀθόνινον π. prob. in Pl.Com. 142; π. περίθετον Aristomen. 5; of the Roman imagines, Plb. 6.53.5; bust or portrait, Sammelb. 5221, OGI 432.1 (Naksh-i-Rustam, iii A.D.).

2. dramatic part, character, Phld. Rh. 1.199S., Arr. Epict. 1.29.45 and 57; κωφὸν π. Cic. Att. 13.19.3; character in a book, τὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ὄνομα καὶ π. Plb. 8.11.5; τὸ τοῦ Ὀδυσσέως π. Id. 12.27.10, cf. Phld. Po. 5.32; also ἀστοχεῖν τοῦ π., of an author, Callisth.44J.; ἐπὶ προσχήματι καὶ π. δικαστῶν Ael. Fr. 168.

IV. person, Phld. Rh. 1.52S. (pl.); ἀδίκως μὴ κρῖνε πρόσωπον Ps.-Phoc. 10; προσώπῳ, οὐ καρδίᾳ in person, in bodily presence, 1 Ep.Thess. 2.17, cf. 2 Ep.Cor. 5.12; ποιεῖν or πληροῦν τὸ π. τινός to represent a person, PRein. 56.30 (iv A.D.), Sammelb. 6000ii 12 (vi A.D.); λαμβάνειν π. τινός admit a person to one's presence, εἰ προσδέξεταί σε, εἰ λήψεται πρόσωπόν σου LXX Ma. 1.8; hence, = προσωποληπτεῖν, Ev.Luc. 20.21, Ep.Gal. 2.6; μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ π. μου, i.e. do not reject my prayer, LXX 3 Ki. 2.20; θαυμάσαι π. ἀσεβοῦς ib.Pr. 18.5; ὁ θεὸς ὁ μέγας . . , ὅστις οὐ θαυμάζει π. οὐδὲ οὐ μὴ λάβῃ δῶρον ib.De. 10.17.

2. legal personality, Bion Borysth. ap. D.L. 4.46.

3. Gramm., person, D.T. 638.4,A.D. Pron. 3.12, etc.; γυναικεῖα π. Alex.Trall. 2.

4. π. πόλεως a feature of the city, of a person, Cic. Fam. 15.17.2.

5. f.l.in Zeno Stoic. 1.23 (cf.Nicol. Prog. p.4 F.).