protomen.

Brit.

/ˈprɒtəmiː/, U.S.

/ˈprɑdəˌmi/

Forms: 1700s– protome, 1800s– protomê.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek προτομή.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek προτομή foremost or upper part of anything, bust or half-figure < ancient Greek προ- pro- prefix² + τομή cutting (see -tomy comb. form), after προτέμνειν to cut off in front. Compare later protoma n.

Art and Architecture.

Originally: a bust. Now: a representation of the foremost or upper part of an animal (or occasionally a human) used to decorate a piece of sculpture, pottery, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > bust or torso

block1535

term1604

busto1626

torse1634

terminus1638

busty1684

bust1691

shoulder-piece1692

protome1737

torso1797

portrait bust1827

terminal1876

term figure1880

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > a sculpture or carving > group or spec. subject

antic1532

Our Lady Piety1533

drapery1552

antiquary1573

urn1653

story1657

Pietàc1660

gigantomachy1820

set piece1846

terminal1865

wheatear1882

protome1886

protoma1894

koruru1897

blemya1915

Lincoln imp1926

1737 W. Stukeley in W. C. Lukis Family Mem. W. Stukeley (1887) III. 57 A very ancient protome of our Saviour's effigies over the south porch.

1757 W. Stukeley Medallic Hist. Carausius I. 29 A Protome, or half length of him.

1868 Ecclesiologist 29 72 A finely benignant head, or rather protome of the Saviour.

1886 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 7 14 The horse's head, or protomê, as is well known, is introduced generally in a sunken square.

1933 C. T. Seltman Greek Coins v. 60 The device of the foreparts of two lions facing one another. The son..replaced one of the half-lions by the forepart of a bull, and at first the two protomes were back to back.

1981 Jrnl. Field Archaeol. 8 349 The protome projects from the decorated area of the vessel and consists of a bearded male wearing a bulbous hat.

2003 Archaeol. Rep. for 2002–3 (Soc. for Promotion Hellenic Stud.) No. 49. 84/1 One pithos had a bull's head protome.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	protome
释义	protomen. Brit. /ˈprɒtəmiː/, U.S. /ˈprɑdəˌmi/ Forms: 1700s– protome, 1800s– protomê. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek προτομή. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek προτομή foremost or upper part of anything, bust or half-figure < ancient Greek προ- pro- prefix² + τομή cutting (see -tomy comb. form), after προτέμνειν to cut off in front. Compare later protoma n. Art and Architecture. Originally: a bust. Now: a representation of the foremost or upper part of an animal (or occasionally a human) used to decorate a piece of sculpture, pottery, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > bust or torso block1535 term1604 busto1626 torse1634 terminus1638 busty1684 bust1691 shoulder-piece1692 protome1737 torso1797 portrait bust1827 terminal1876 term figure1880 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > a sculpture or carving > group or spec. subject antic1532 Our Lady Piety1533 drapery1552 antiquary1573 urn1653 story1657 Pietàc1660 gigantomachy1820 set piece1846 terminal1865 wheatear1882 protome1886 protoma1894 koruru1897 blemya1915 Lincoln imp1926 1737 W. Stukeley in W. C. Lukis Family Mem. W. Stukeley (1887) III. 57 A very ancient protome of our Saviour's effigies over the south porch. 1757 W. Stukeley Medallic Hist. Carausius I. 29 A Protome, or half length of him. 1868 Ecclesiologist 29 72 A finely benignant head, or rather protome of the Saviour. 1886 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 7 14 The horse's head, or protomê, as is well known, is introduced generally in a sunken square. 1933 C. T. Seltman Greek Coins v. 60 The device of the foreparts of two lions facing one another. The son..replaced one of the half-lions by the forepart of a bull, and at first the two protomes were back to back. 1981 Jrnl. Field Archaeol. 8 349 The protome projects from the decorated area of the vessel and consists of a bearded male wearing a bulbous hat. 2003 Archaeol. Rep. for 2002–3 (Soc. for Promotion Hellenic Stud.) No. 49. 84/1 One pithos had a bull's head protome. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1737
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