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prooemium

prooemium, an introduction, preface, proem

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prooemio Noun: neuter dative singular, Noun: neuter ablative singular of prooemium

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prŏoemĭum, ii, n., = προοίμιον.
  • An introduction, preface, proem (class.; syn.: exordium, principium): quod principium Latine vel exordium dicitur, majore quădam ratione Graeci videntur προοίμιον nominasse: quia a nostris initium modo significatur, illi satis clare partem hanc esse ante ingressum rei, de quā dicendum sit, ostendunt ..certe prooemium est, quod apud judicem, priusquam causam cognoverit, prosit, Quint. 4, 1, 1; cf. id. 4, 1, 53; 2, 13, 1; 3, 9, 1; 3, 11, 28 et saep.: citharoedi prooemium, prelude, Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325: longo et alte petito prooemio respondere, id. Clu. 21, 58; volumen prooemiorum . .prooemio abuti prooemium exarare, desecare, agglutinare, id. Att. 16, 6, 4: legis prooemium, id. Leg. 2, 7, 16.—
  • II Transf., in gen., a beginning (poet.): rixae, Juv. 3, 288.

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