πρωτολογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πρωτολόγος (prōtológos, speaking first) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πρωτολογῐ́ᾱ • (prōtologĭ́āf (genitive πρωτολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. the right of speaking first in a law-court, the part of the prosecutor
    • 380 BCE – 318 BCE, Demades, Collected Works 3
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Proverbs 18.17:
      δίκαιος ἑαυτοῦ κατήγορος ἐν πρωτολογίᾳ, ὡς δ’ ἂν ἐπιβάλῃ ὁ ἀντίδικος ἐλέγχεται.
      díkaios heautoû katḗgoros en prōtologíāi, hōs d’ àn epibálēi ho antídikos elénkhetai.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. the right of the leading advocate to speak first
    • Argumenta Orationum Demosthenicarum 20

Declension

Descendants

  • English: protology

Further reading