- Greek-English Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρόλογος?

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration: prologos

Principal Part: πρόλογος

Sense

  1. the prologue, that portion of the play that comes before, a narrative of facts introductory to the plot

Examples

  • πρόλογος μὲν αὐτῆς ἐστιν ἐκ τῶν στοιχείων, ὃν χρὴ λέγειν διαιροῦντας κατὰ τὰς παραγραφὰς: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 791)
  • τὸ μὲν οὖν προοίμιόν ἐστιν ἀρχὴ λόγου, ὅπερ ἐν ποιήσει πρόλογος καὶ ἐν αὐλήσει προαύλιον: (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 14 1:1)
  • παράδειγμα ὁ Ἀλκίνου ἀπόλογος, ὃς πρὸς τὴν Πηνελόπην ἐν ἑξήκοντα ἔπεσιν πεποίηται, καὶ ὡς Φάϋλλος τὸν κύκλον, καὶ ὁ ἐν τῷ Οἰνεῖ πρόλογος. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 16 7:2)

Related

명사

형용사

동사

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION