prologus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos).

Noun

prōlogus m (genitive prōlogī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōlogus	prōlogī
Genitive	prōlogī	prōlogōrum
Dative	prōlogō	prōlogīs
Accusative	prōlogum	prōlogōs
Ablative	prōlogō	prōlogīs
Vocative	prōloge	prōlogī

Descendants

• Old French: prologue

References

“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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016