prooemium

See also: proœmium

English

Noun

prooemium (plural prooemia or prooemiums)

1. Alternative form of proemium

Latin

Alternative forms

• prohoemium
• prohemium, prohemum (post-classical)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proˈoe̯.mi.um/, [proˈoe̯miʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈe.mi.um/, [proˈɛːmium]

Noun

prooemium n (genitive prooemiī or prooemī); second declension

1. a preface, introduction, prelude
2. (poetic) a beginning

Declension

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

• English: proem
• French: proême
• German: Proömium

References

• “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