proloquium
From LSJ
μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prōlŏquĭum: ĭi, n. proloquor. *
I An introduction, preamble, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.; v. prologium.—
II An assertion, proposition, axiom (class. Lat. pronunciatum), the Gr. ἀξίωμα, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 8, 1; cf. App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 29, 15: disjunctivum, Gell. 5, 11, 9.—
III A judicial sentence: sub uno proloquio cunctos jubet occidi, Amm. 29, 1, 38; 28, 1, 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prōlŏquĭum, ĭī, n. (proloquor), proposition, idée [énoncée] : Varr. d. Gell. 16, 8, 2.
