πρόλογος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From προ- (pro-, “before”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pró.lo.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpro.lo.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpro.lo.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpro.lo.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpro.lo.ɣos/
Noun edit
πρόλογος • (prólogos) m (genitive προλόγου); second declension
- the prologue of a play
- one who recites the above
- the introduction of a speech
- (mathematics) the antecedent, in ratios in which the first number is the largest
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πρόλογος ho prólogos |
τὼ προλόγω tṑ prológō |
οἱ πρόλογοι hoi prólogoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ προλόγου toû prológou |
τοῖν προλόγοιν toîn prológoin |
τῶν προλόγων tôn prológōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ προλόγῳ tôi prológōi |
τοῖν προλόγοιν toîn prológoin |
τοῖς προλόγοις toîs prológois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πρόλογον tòn prólogon |
τὼ προλόγω tṑ prológō |
τοὺς προλόγους toùs prológous | ||||||||||
Vocative | πρόλογε próloge |
προλόγω prológō |
πρόλογοι prólogoi | ||||||||||
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Related terms edit
- προλέγω (prolégō)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “πρόλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πρόλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- prologue idem, page 653.
Greek edit
Noun edit
πρόλογος • (prólogos) m
Declension edit
declension of πρόλογος
Related terms edit
- προλογίζω (prologízo)
- προλογικός (prologikós)