προοίμιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φροίμῐον (phroímĭon) — Tragic

Etymology

From προ- (pro-) +‎ οἶμος (oîmos, “way, road, path”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.ǒi̯.mi.on/ → /proˈy.mi.on/ → /proˈi.mi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.ǒi̯.mi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /proˈy.mi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /proˈy.mi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /proˈy.mi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /proˈi.mi.on/

Noun

προοίμῐον • (prooímĭon) n (genitive προοιμῐ́ου); second declension

1. opening, prelude, preamble, preface, introduction
2. hymn

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ προοίμῐον; τοῦ προοιμῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ προοίμῐον tò prooímĭon	τὼ προοιμῐ́ω tṑ prooimĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ προοίμῐᾰ tằ prooímĭă
Genitive	τοῦ προοιμῐ́ου toû prooimĭ́ou	τοῖν προοιμῐ́οιν toîn prooimĭ́oin	τῶν προοιμῐ́ων tôn prooimĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ προοιμῐ́ῳ tôi prooimĭ́ōi	τοῖν προοιμῐ́οιν toîn prooimĭ́oin	τοῖς προοιμῐ́οις toîs prooimĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ προοίμῐον tò prooímĭon	τὼ προοιμῐ́ω tṑ prooimĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ προοίμῐᾰ tằ prooímĭă
Vocative	προοίμῐον prooímĭon	προοιμῐ́ω prooimĭ́ō	προοίμῐᾰ prooímĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: prooemium, prohoemium, prohemium, prohemum (post-classical)
  • English: proem
  • French: proême
  • German: Proömium

References

• “προοίμιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “προοίμιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• προοίμιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “προοίμιον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • beginning idem, page 71.
  • introduction idem, page 455.
  • opening idem, page 576.
  • overture idem, page 587.
  • preamble idem, page 634.
  • preface idem, page 634.
  • preliminary idem, page 635.
  • prelude idem, page 635.
  • premise idem, page 635.
  • proem idem, page 653.
  • prologue idem, page 653.