prologus

Latin

Etymology

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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