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) IPA^(key): /proˈoe̯.mi.um/, [proˈoe̯miʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈe.mi.um/, [proˈɛːmium]

Noun

prooemium n (genitive prooemiī or prooemī); second declension

a preface, introduction, prelude
(poetic) a beginning

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	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

English: proem
French: proême
German: Proömium

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

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