Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos).

Noun edit

prologus m (genitive prologī); second declension

  1. a preface to a play; a prologue
  2. one who recites a prologue

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prologus prologī
Genitive prologī prologōrum
Dative prologō prologīs
Accusative prologum prologōs
Ablative prologō prologīs
Vocative prologe prologī

Descendants edit

  • Old French: prologue

References edit

prolŏgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

  • prologus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • prologus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • prologus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • prologus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016