prohemium
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proˈ(ɦ)eː.mi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈɛː.mi.um]
Noun
prohēmium n (genitive prohēmiī); second declension
- Medieval Latin form of prooemium (“preface”)
- c. 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, “BOOK IV. Incipit Prohemium Liber Quartus.”, in Troilus and Criseyde[1] (overall work in Middle English):
- Incipit Prohemium Secundi Libri.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prohēmium | prohēmia |
| genitive | prohēmiī | prohēmiōrum |
| dative | prohēmiō | prohēmiīs |
| accusative | prohēmium | prohēmia |
| ablative | prohēmiō | prohēmiīs |
| vocative | prohēmium | prohēmia |