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