prologus

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