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προοίμιον
προοίμιον προ-οίμιον, ου, τό, οἶμος an opening or introduction to a thing; in Music, a prelude, overture, Pind.; in poems and speeches, a proem, preface, preamble, introduction, Lat. exordium, Pind., Xen. metaph. of any prelude or beginning, φροίμιον χορεύσομαι Aesch.; μηδέπω ʼν προοιμίοις only just beginning, Aesch.; εἴ τι τοῦδε φρ. ματᾷ if any part of this presage be vain, Aesch. generally, a hymn, Thuc., Plat.

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an opening

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προοίμιον
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προοίμιον προ-οίμιον, ου, τό, οἶμος an opening or introduction to a thing; in Music, a prelude, overture, Pind.; in poems and speeches, a proem, preface, preamble, introduction, Lat. exordium, Pind., Xen. metaph. of any prelude or beginning, φροίμιον χορεύσομαι Aesch.; μηδέπω ʼν προοιμίοις only just beginning, Aesch.; εἴ τι τοῦδε φρ. ματᾷ if any part of this presage be vain, Aesch. generally, a hymn, Thuc., Plat.
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27745
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n27778
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prooi/mion

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