prooemium
See also: proœmium
English
Noun
prooemium (plural prooemia or prooemiums)
- Alternative form of proemium.
Latin
Alternative forms
- prohoemium
- prohemium, prohemum (post-classical)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proˈoe̯.mi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈɛː.mi.um]
Noun
prooemium n (genitive prooemiī or prooemī); second declension
- a preface, introduction, prelude
- (poetic) a beginning
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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
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