πρόσωπον
Etym. ὤψ
I. "the face, visage, countenance", mostly in pl., even of a single person, Hom., Soph., etc.; βλέπειν τινὰ εἰς πρ. Eur.; ἐς πρ. τινὸς ἀφικέσθαι to come "before" him, id=Eur.:— κατὰ πρ. "in front, facing", Thuc., etc.; ἡ κατὰ πρ. ἔντευξις "a tete-a-tete", Plut.; also, πρὸς τὸ πρ. Xen.; λαμβάνειν πρ. τινος, ῀ προσωποληπτεῖν τινα, NTest.:—metaph., ἀρχομένου πρ. ἔργου Pind.
II. "one's look, countenance", Lat. vultus Aesch., etc.; οὐ τὸ σὸν δείσας πρ., cf. Hor. "vultus instantis tyranni", Soph.
III. = προσωπεῖον, "a mask", Dem., Arist.
2. "outward appearance, beauty", Pind.
IV. "a person", NTest., etc.; πρόσωπον "in bodily presence", id=NTest.