πρόλογος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προ- (pro-, before) +‎ λόγος (lógos, speech).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πρόλογος (prólogosm (genitive προλόγου); second declension

  1. the prologue of a play
  2. one who recites the above
  3. the introduction of a speech
  4. (mathematics) the antecedent, in ratios in which the first number is the largest

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: πρόλογος (prólogos)
  • Latin: prologus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • πρόλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • πρόλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

Noun

πρόλογος (prólogosm

  1. prologue, preface

Declension