prooemior
From LSJ
ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prŏoemĭor: āri, v. dep. prooemium,
I to make an introduction or preface (postAug.): prooemiatur apte, Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3; Sid. Ep. 4, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prŏœmĭor,¹⁶ ārī, intr., faire un exorde : Sid. Ep. 4, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
prooemior, ārī (prooemium) = προοιμιάζομαι, eine Einleitung-, eine Vorrede machen, in der Rede, Plin. ep. 2, 3, 3. Dioscor. in Augustin. epist. 117 in. Sidon. epist. 4, 3, 2. Iul. Victor rhet. 15. p. 423, 14 H.
Latin > English
prooemior prooemiari, - V DEP :: make a prooemium/preface/introduction to a speech
