"πρόλογος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πρόλογος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pró.lo.ɡos/, /ˈpro.lo.ɣos/, /ˈpro.lo.ɣos/, /pró.lo.ɡos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpro.lo.ɡos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpro.lo.ɣos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpro.lo.ɣos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpro.lo.ɣos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From προ- (pro-, “before”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|grc|προ-|λόγος|t1=before|t2=speech}} προ- (pro-, “before”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|προλόγου|m|second}} πρόλογος • (prólogos) m (genitive προλόγου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πρόλογος|ου}} Forms: prólogos [romanization], προλόγου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ πρόλογος [nominative, singular], τὼ προλόγω [dual, nominative], οἱ πρόλογοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ προλόγου [genitive, singular], τοῖν προλόγοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν προλόγων [genitive, plural], τῷ προλόγῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν προλόγοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς προλόγοις [dative, plural], τὸν πρόλογον [accusative, singular], τὼ προλόγω [accusative, dual], τοὺς προλόγους [accusative, plural], πρόλογε [singular, vocative], προλόγω [dual, vocative], πρόλογοι [plural, vocative]
  1. the prologue of a play
    Sense id: en-πρόλογος-grc-noun-t3oSnAaQ Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms prefixed with προ-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 17 41 5 37 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 26 32 8 33 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms prefixed with προ-: 27 32 9 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 40 4 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 45 3 40
  2. one who recites the above
    Sense id: en-πρόλογος-grc-noun-OZvy-scW Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms prefixed with προ-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 17 41 5 37 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 26 32 8 33 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms prefixed with προ-: 27 32 9 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 40 4 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 45 3 40
  3. the introduction of a speech
    Sense id: en-πρόλογος-grc-noun-D38F15HH
  4. (mathematics) the antecedent, in ratios in which the first number is the largest Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-πρόλογος-grc-noun-yKP29wS7 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms prefixed with προ-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 17 41 5 37 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 24 27 8 41 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 26 32 8 33 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms prefixed with προ-: 27 32 9 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 40 4 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 45 3 40 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: προλέγω (prolégō)

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "πρόλογος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: πρόλογος (prólogos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: πρόλογος (prólogos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "prologus",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: prologus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: prologus (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "προ-",
        "3": "λόγος",
        "t1": "before",
        "t2": "speech"
      },
      "expansion": "προ- (pro-, “before”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From προ- (pro-, “before”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prólogos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "προλόγου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ πρόλογος",
      "roman": "ho prólogos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ προλόγω",
      "roman": "tṑ prológō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ πρόλογοι",
      "roman": "hoi prólogoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ προλόγου",
      "roman": "toû prológou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν προλόγοιν",
      "roman": "toîn prológoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν προλόγων",
      "roman": "tôn prológōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ προλόγῳ",
      "roman": "tôi prológōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν προλόγοιν",
      "roman": "toîn prológoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς προλόγοις",
      "roman": "toîs prológois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν πρόλογον",
      "roman": "tòn prólogon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ προλόγω",
      "roman": "tṑ prológō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς προλόγους",
      "roman": "toùs prológous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρόλογε",
      "roman": "próloge",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "προλόγω",
      "roman": "prológō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρόλογοι",
      "roman": "prólogoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "προλόγου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "πρόλογος • (prólogos) m (genitive προλόγου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πρόλογος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "prolégō",
      "word": "προλέγω"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "17 41 5 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 32 8 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 32 9 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms prefixed with προ-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 40 4 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 45 3 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the prologue of a play"
      ],
      "id": "en-πρόλογος-grc-noun-t3oSnAaQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "prologue",
          "prologue"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 32 8 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 32 9 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms prefixed with προ-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 40 4 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 45 3 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one who recites the above"
      ],
      "id": "en-πρόλογος-grc-noun-OZvy-scW"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the introduction of a speech"
      ],
      "id": "en-πρόλογος-grc-noun-D38F15HH",
      "links": [
        [
          "introduction",
          "introduction"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "grc:Mathematics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 41 5 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 27 8 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 32 8 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 32 9 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms prefixed with προ-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 40 4 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 45 3 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the antecedent, in ratios in which the first number is the largest"
      ],
      "id": "en-πρόλογος-grc-noun-yKP29wS7",
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "antecedent",
          "antecedent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) the antecedent, in ratios in which the first number is the largest"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pró.lo.ɡos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpro.lo.ɣos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpro.lo.ɣos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pró.lo.ɡos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpro.lo.ɡos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpro.lo.ɣos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpro.lo.ɣos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpro.lo.ɣos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πρόλογος"
}
{
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    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "Ancient Greek terms prefixed with προ-",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "πρόλογος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: πρόλογος (prólogos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: πρόλογος (prólogos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "prologus",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: prologus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: prologus (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "προ-",
        "3": "λόγος",
        "t1": "before",
        "t2": "speech"
      },
      "expansion": "προ- (pro-, “before”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From προ- (pro-, “before”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prólogos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "προλόγου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ πρόλογος",
      "roman": "ho prólogos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ προλόγω",
      "roman": "tṑ prológō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ πρόλογοι",
      "roman": "hoi prólogoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ προλόγου",
      "roman": "toû prológou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν προλόγοιν",
      "roman": "toîn prológoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν προλόγων",
      "roman": "tôn prológōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ προλόγῳ",
      "roman": "tôi prológōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν προλόγοιν",
      "roman": "toîn prológoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς προλόγοις",
      "roman": "toîs prológois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν πρόλογον",
      "roman": "tòn prólogon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ προλόγω",
      "roman": "tṑ prológō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς προλόγους",
      "roman": "toùs prológous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρόλογε",
      "roman": "próloge",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "προλόγω",
      "roman": "prológō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πρόλογοι",
      "roman": "prólogoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "προλόγου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "πρόλογος • (prólogos) m (genitive προλόγου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πρόλογος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "prolégō",
      "word": "προλέγω"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the prologue of a play"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prologue",
          "prologue"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "one who recites the above"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the introduction of a speech"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "introduction",
          "introduction"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the antecedent, in ratios in which the first number is the largest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "antecedent",
          "antecedent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) the antecedent, in ratios in which the first number is the largest"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pró.lo.ɡos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpro.lo.ɣos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpro.lo.ɣos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pró.lo.ɡos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpro.lo.ɡos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpro.lo.ɣos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpro.lo.ɣos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpro.lo.ɣos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πρόλογος"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.