prolegomena

Noun

The word is derived from prolegomenon

Meaning

of Prolegomenon

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

overture prefix foreword prelude prologue preamble frontispiece exordium prolusion proem

Examples

For instance Coxe (1846) lists a Prolegomena, or introductory books, followed by 7 classes of treatise embracing Physiology (28 vols. Source: Internet

His principal works in this line were Prolegomena to Cicero's De officiis (1525); Enarrationes librorum Ethicorum Aristotelis (1529); Epitome philosophiae moralis (1538); and Ethicae doctrinae elementa (1550). Source: Internet

For example, the Prolegomena in Mombert's William Tyndale's Five Books of Moses show that Tyndale's Pentateuch is a translation of the Hebrew original. Source: Internet

Jane Harrison (Prolegomena) finds this to be a simple cautionary tale directed at young girls carrying the cista in the Thesmophoria rituals, to discourage them from opening it outside the proper context. Source: Internet

Cf. Harrison, Jane Ellen, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, Chapter II, The Pithoigia, pp. 42–43. Source: Internet

His best known work is Prolegomena to a Theory of Language, which was expanded in Résumé of the Theory of Language, a formal development of glossematics, his scientific calculus of language. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

prolefeed proleg prolegate prolegomenary prolegomenon prolegomenous