See prooemium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"declension-2",
"neuter",
"poetic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[proˈoe̯.mi.ũː]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[proˈɛː.mi.um]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "prooemium"
}
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