prooemium
See also: proœmium
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proˈoe̯.mi.um/, [proˈoe̯miʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈe.mi.um/, [proˈɛːmium]
Noun edit
prooemium n (genitive prooemiī or prooemī); second declension
- a preface, introduction, prelude
- (poetic) a beginning
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prooemium | prooemia |
| Genitive | prooemiī prooemī1 |
prooemiōrum |
| Dative | prooemiō | prooemiīs |
| Accusative | prooemium | prooemia |
| Ablative | prooemiō | prooemiīs |
| Vocative | prooemium | prooemia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
References edit
- “prooemium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prooemium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers