capronae

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

căprōnae (in MSS. also -nĕae), ārum, f. [caput-pronus],

the hair of men and animals hanging down upon the forehead , forelocks (cf. antiae) (ante- and post-class., and rare): capronae dicuntur comae, quae ante frontem sunt quasi a capite pronae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 22, 3 sq.; Ap. Flor. 3, p. 342; Paul. ex Fest. p. 48 Müll.