prologus

prologus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *próder.
Ancient Greek πρό (pró)
Ancient Greek προ- (pro-)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos)bor.
Latin prōlogus

    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.

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