prooemium
See also: proœmium
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proˈoe̯.mi.um/, [prɔˈoe̯.mi.ũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈɛ.mi.um/, [proˈɛː.mi.um]
Noun
prooemium n (genitive prooemiī); second declension
- a preface, introduction, prelude
- (poetic) a beginning
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prooemium | prooemia |
| Genitive | prooemiī | prooemiōrum |
| Dative | prooemiō | prooemiīs |
| Accusative | prooemium | prooemia |
| Ablative | prooemiō | prooemiīs |
| Vocative | prooemium | prooemia |
Descendants
- English: proem
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