noun greek

prolŏgus

gen. prolŏgi · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

= πρόλογος.

a preface; introduction to a play; a prologue •

Lit., a preface or introduction to a play, a prologue, Ter. Phorm. prol. 14: in prologis scribundis operā abutitur, id. And. prol. 5: in Hydriae (Menandri) prologo, Quint. 11, 3, 91: in prologo Adelphorum, Suet. Vit. Ter. 2.—

the player who delivers the prologue by extension •

Transf., the player who delivers the prologue: oratorem esse voluit me, non prologum, Ter. Heaut. prol. 11; id. Hec. prol. alt. 1 (prō-, v. Wagn. ad Ter. Heaut. prol. 11).

Perseus ID: n38734 Key: prologus