πρωτολόγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + λέγω (légō, “speak”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming second-declension adjectives)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prɔː.to.ló.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pro.toˈlo.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pro.toˈlo.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pro.toˈlo.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pro.toˈlo.ɣos/
Adjective
πρωτολόγος • (prōtológos) m or f (neuter πρωτολόγον); second declension
- speaking first, especially giving the first speech in court in a trial
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | πρωτολόγος prōtológos |
πρωτολόγον prōtológon |
πρωτολόγω prōtológō |
πρωτολόγω prōtológō |
πρωτολόγοι prōtológoi |
πρωτολόγᾰ prōtológă | ||||||||
| Genitive | πρωτολόγου prōtológou |
πρωτολόγου prōtológou |
πρωτολόγοιν prōtológoin |
πρωτολόγοιν prōtológoin |
πρωτολόγων prōtológōn |
πρωτολόγων prōtológōn | ||||||||
| Dative | πρωτολόγῳ prōtológōi |
πρωτολόγῳ prōtológōi |
πρωτολόγοιν prōtológoin |
πρωτολόγοιν prōtológoin |
πρωτολόγοις prōtológois |
πρωτολόγοις prōtológois | ||||||||
| Accusative | πρωτολόγον prōtológon |
πρωτολόγον prōtológon |
πρωτολόγω prōtológō |
πρωτολόγω prōtológō |
πρωτολόγους prōtológous |
πρωτολόγᾰ prōtológă | ||||||||
| Vocative | πρωτολόγε prōtológe |
πρωτολόγον prōtológon |
πρωτολόγω prōtológō |
πρωτολόγω prōtológō |
πρωτολόγοι prōtológoi |
πρωτολόγᾰ prōtológă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πρωτολόγως prōtológōs |
πρωτολογώτερος prōtologṓteros |
πρωτολογώτᾰτος prōtologṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πρωτολογῐ́ᾱ f (prōtologĭ́ā)
Descendants
- → Dutch: protoloog
- → English: protologue
- → French: protologue
Noun
πρωτολόγος • (prōtológos) m (genitive πρωτολόγου); second declension
- synonym of πρωτᾰγωνῐστής (prōtăgōnĭstḗs, “one who plays the first part, chief actor”)
- Teles 5.H.
- (in the phrase ὁ πρωτολόγος ἄρχων) the chief magistrate at certain cities:
- at Aphrodisias
- CIG 2760
- at Iconium
- CIG 3992
- at Aphrodisias
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πρωτολόγος ho prōtológos |
τὼ πρωτολόγω tṑ prōtológō |
οἱ πρωτολόγοι hoi prōtológoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πρωτολόγου toû prōtológou |
τοῖν πρωτολόγοιν toîn prōtológoin |
τῶν πρωτολόγων tôn prōtológōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πρωτολόγῳ tōî prōtológōi |
τοῖν πρωτολόγοιν toîn prōtológoin |
τοῖς πρωτολόγοις toîs prōtológois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πρωτολόγον tòn prōtológon |
τὼ πρωτολόγω tṑ prōtológō |
τοὺς πρωτολόγους toùs prōtológous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πρωτολόγε prōtológe |
πρωτολόγω prōtológō |
πρωτολόγοι prōtológoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πρωτολόγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πρωτολόγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “πρωτολόγος”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn