Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Capronae

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

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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  Capronae/1.1
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  Capronae/2.1