προοίμιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, Trag. contr. φροίμιον (v. infr.): (οἶμος):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">opening, introduction;</b> in Music, <b class="b2">prelude, overture</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.4</span>; in Ep. poems, <b class="b2">proëm, preamble</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>2.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1343</span>; in speeches, <b class="b2">exordium</b>, <span class="bibl">Critias 43</span> tit., <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1414b19</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.56S., <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.96, etc.; <b class="b3">προοιμίοις ἡδονῆς</b> with <b class="b2">prefaces</b> about pleasure, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph. of <b class="b2">any prelude</b> or <b class="b2">beginning</b>, φροίμιον χορεύσομαι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">829</span>; <b class="b3">φροιμίοις &lt;δυσφροιμίοις&gt;</b> ib. <span class="bibl">1216</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>7</span>; <b class="b3">λόγους… μηδέπω 'ν προοιμίοις</b> only just <b class="b2">beginning</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>741</span>; <b class="b3">εἴ τι τοῦδε φ. ματᾷ</b> any part of this <b class="b2">presage</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 142</span>; ὁρῶ τάδε φροίμια… πόνων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>830</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>568</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Mem.</span>4.2.3</span>; ἐγχέων π. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>78</span>; π. δείπνου <span class="bibl">Alex.110.3</span>; π. ἔχθρας <span class="bibl">Plb.22.4.15</span>; ἀρχῆς <span class="bibl">Id.25.3.8</span> (pl.); δάκρυά μοι τὰ π. τῆς τέχνης <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Somn.</span>3</span>; of <b class="b2">premonitory symptoms</b> of disease, <span class="bibl">Orib.<span class="title">Syn.</span>8.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">hymn</b> or <b class="b2">short poem</b>, such as those attributed to Homer, Ἀπόλλωνος <span class="bibl">Th.3.104</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>60d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>531d</span>; <b class="b3">φροίμιον Ἀντιλόχου</b> (fort. <b class="b3">Ἀρχιλόχου</b>) <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>223</span>.</span>