πρόλογος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, in early Trag. and Com., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">prologue of a play</b>, i.e. the part before the entry of the chorus, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span> 1452b19</span>; esp. (as in E.) <b class="b2">monologue containing a narrative of facts introductory to the main action</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1119</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1414b20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">one who speaks the prologue</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pseudol.</span>4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">introduction</b> in a speech, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>1.55</span>(pl.), al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Arith., <b class="b2">antecedent</b>, in ratios <b class="b2">in which the first number is the largest</b>, as <span class="bibl">5</span>:<span class="bibl">3</span>, <span class="bibl">Nicom.<span class="title">Ar.</span>1.19</span>, <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>13, <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>374</span>; cf. [[ὑπόλογος]].</span>