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.; App. Flor. 3, p. 342; Paul. ex Fest. p. 48 Müll.