prolegomenonn.

Brit.

/ˌprəʊlɛˈɡɒmᵻn(ə)n/,

/ˌprəʊlᵻˈɡɒmᵻn(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˌproʊləˈɡɑməˌnɑn/,

/ˌproʊləˈɡɑmən(ə)n/

Inflections: Plural prolegomena, (nonstandard) prolegomenas, (rare) prolegomenons.

Forms: Plural

α. 1600s– prolegomena, 1600s– prologomena.

β. 1600s– prolegomenas.

γ. 1900s– prologomenons (rare).

Singular

α. 1600s– prolegomenon, 1700s– prologomenon.

β. 1600s– prolegomena, 1900s– prologomena.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin prolegomenon; Greek προλεγόμενον.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prolegomenon (6th cent. in plural, prolegomena ) introduction, preface (1610 in a British source; in classical Latin as a Greek word) and its etymon ancient Greek προλεγόμενον, neuter of present participle passive of προλέγειν to say beforehand < προ- pro- prefix² + λέγειν to say (see lexis n.). Compare French prolegomènes (1600), Italian prolegomeni (a1556), both plural.Singular prolegomenon and plural prolegomena are the forms preferred in modern use, although singular prolegomena and plural prolegomenas are both also found. In forms in prolog- perhaps influenced by prologue n.

a. In plural. Prefatory or introductory (written) observations; esp. a preliminary discourse preceding the main text of a book, chapter, etc. Later also in singular in same sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > prologue or introduction

forespeechc1000

prologuec1350

proemya1382

preamblec1395

proemc1410

exordyc1430

prolocutory1447

protocolc1450

forespeaking1480

preface1484

prooemiumc1485

preparation1526

introduction1529

induction1533

introducement1536

epistle?1548

prelude1548

proposition1553

foretalk1565

exordium1581

prolegomenons1600

inducement1605

isagoge1652

propylaeum1693

programma1711

foreword1842

foretalking1872

programme1880

pronaos1894

peritext1977

epitext1978

1565 T. Stapleton tr. F. Staphylus Apol. 164 As Brentius youre mate saied of Epiphanius. [Margin] In prolegomenis.]

1600 R. A. Briefe Chronol. Holy Script. 37 Chemnitius, in the third chapter of his Prolegomena before his Harmonie of the Gospell.

1643 W. Burton tr. J. H. Alsted Beloved City 84 In every Chapter, yea Verse, of holy Scripture, there are to be considered. The Prolegomena, or Præcognita, that is, the foregoing matter... The Text itself.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) i. i. 2 As a Prolegomenon or Preface to what we shall afterward discourse.

1653 T. White Pantheologia (title page) To which is prefixed a prolegomena or preface by way of dialogue.

1664 J. Howell Προεδρια-Βασιλικη 5 We will first give a few Hints or Prolegomenas of the Original of Kingly Government.

1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ii. 19 His Prolegomenon to the Polyglotte Bible.

1720 tr. L. E. Du Pin Compl. Method Studying Divinity xxviii. 360 The Authors above cited, that have treated in their Prolegomenas of the other Sacred Books.

1729 A. Pope (title) The Dunciad; with Notes Variorum and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus.

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxxvi. 132 'Tis a pithy prolegomenon, quoth I—and so read on.

1825 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 394 It consists of a prolegomena and three chapters.

1874 Amer. Cycl. VI. 188/1 He undertook a third work..for which he wrote a prolegomena entitled Heidenthum und Judenthum.

1885 Athenæum 8 Aug. 174/3 Mr. Saintsbury's prolegomena are models of what the introduction to such a book should be.

1913 J. Fitzmaurice-Kelly Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Pref. p. vii This preliminary essay..will be found in the prolegomena to the London reprint of Don Quixote issued by Jacob Tonson.

1981 N. Annan Politics of Broadcasting Enquiry 3 This prolegomena is not, I hope, the product of old age and garrulous egotism.

2005 First Things Oct. 28 His books are not buttressed..by long, ponderous, Teutonic prolegomena on method or on critical history.

b. Used (in plural and singular) in the titles of works intended to provided an introduction to the study of a subject (originally, the study of a particular text or texts). Hence: an introductory text. Cf. introduction n. 4c.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > textbook or book of instructions > [noun] > introductory

introductoryc1400

abecedary?a1475

institution1537

introduction1540

horn-book1609

ABC book1611

guide1617

initial1716

primer1722

prolegomenon1786

grammar1792

entrée1926

1786 J. Bell (title) Prolegomena to the dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere.

1819 J. Richardson tr. I. Kant (title) Prolegomena to every future metaphysic, which can appear as a science.

1836 H. D. Thoreau in Amer. Lit. (1949) 21 318 For further information the student is advised to read Heyne's Excursus, Wolfe's and Knight's Prolegomenas.

1925 D. W. Douglas Guillame De Greef viii. 127 The subject matter of Quetelet's observations, says De Greef, is man, not institutions... However, this is quite proper as a prolegomenon to sociology.

1972 L. S. Hearnshaw in C. B. Cox & A. E. Dyson 20th-cent. Mind I. vii. 232 His book was a prolegomena to..social psychology.

2001 L. I. Perlovsky Neural Networks & Intellect i. 44 The last chapter..is a prolegomenon to the future physical theory of consciousness.

†2. In plural. Spoken preliminaries; prefatory remarks. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1665 J. Wilson Projectors iii. i. 36 I was just coming t' ye,—And shall only tell you by way of Prolegomena, That Inventions are of two sorts [etc.].

1788 H. Clarke School Candidates 22 My prolegomena to a public speech, which I had been a whole synodical month in matagrabolizing.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xix. 290 He, after some ambiguous prolegomena, roundly proposed I should go shares with him.

3. Something that introduces or (necessarily) precedes a subject, event, etc.; a preliminary. Chiefly with to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) > a preliminary action or step

introductionc1386

deductiona1535

induction?1544

preamble1548

flourish1552

preludium1563

primordium1577

preparativec1580

exordium1581

introit1583

foregoinga1586

prologuea1586

preface1589

prelusion1597

proem1598

prolusion1601

introductory1646

preliminary1656

prelimination1667

flourishing1687

little go1842

preluding1858

foreword1888

prelim1891

prelimen1898

run-in1900

opening gambit1911

prolegomenon1926

lead-in1928

pipe-openera1936

lead-up1953

intro1964

1926 Jrnl. Philos. 23 274 The study of primitive religions is now a necessary prolegomenon to the study of its higher forms.

1964 I. L. Horowitz in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 43 Exhaustion of all relevant statistical..knowledge was a necessary prologemena [sic] to set forth key classifications.

1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Apr. 401/5 ‘The War of 1812’, remembered, if at all, as a prolegomenon of the launching, as a national hero, of General Andrew Jackson.

1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 25 June 38/1 Deconstruction thus was described as a prolegomenon to—or perhaps even a substitute for—philosophy as traditionally conceived.

Derivatives

proleˈgomenal adj. prefatory, introductory, preliminary.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [adjective] > prologue or introduction

proemial1447

preambulatory1608

prefatory1710

prolegomenous1749

prefatorial1757

prolegomenary1846

prefatiala1848

prooemiac1850

prolegomenal1859

1859 Times 29 Apr. 14/4 (advt.) Four Gospels in Greek. With Prolegomenal Notes, and References.

1897 Mind Apr. 249 To have collected and expanded these in one prolegomenal essay.

1961 Partisan Rev. Anthol. (1962) 276 My list of prolegomenal books for the first term.

1993 Christian Cent. (Nexis) 13 Oct. 982 What must replace the prolegomenal search for ‘scratch’ is the confession of rootedness in historical community.

proleˈgomenary adj. = prolegomenal adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [adjective] > prologue or introduction

proemial1447

preambulatory1608

prefatory1710

prolegomenous1749

prefatorial1757

prolegomenary1846

prefatiala1848

prooemiac1850

prolegomenal1859

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. [Citing Eclectic Rev.] Prolegomenary, introductory, prefatory.

1907 Daily Chron. 30 Aug. 2/6 Mr. Parsons staggers us..by a prefatory sentence of five hundred words and a mass of prolegomenary notes.

1965 Renaissance News 18 322 A prolegomenary notice on Venezuelan painting of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

1996 B. J. Copeland Logic & Reality iv. 34 His chapter is prolegomenary to the enterprise of building theorem-provers of this sort.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prolegomenon
释义	prolegomenonn. Brit. /ˌprəʊlɛˈɡɒmᵻn(ə)n/, /ˌprəʊlᵻˈɡɒmᵻn(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌproʊləˈɡɑməˌnɑn/, /ˌproʊləˈɡɑmən(ə)n/ Inflections: Plural prolegomena, (nonstandard) prolegomenas, (rare) prolegomenons. Forms: Plural α. 1600s– prolegomena, 1600s– prologomena. β. 1600s– prolegomenas. γ. 1900s– prologomenons (rare). Singular α. 1600s– prolegomenon, 1700s– prologomenon. β. 1600s– prolegomena, 1900s– prologomena. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin prolegomenon; Greek προλεγόμενον. Etymology: < post-classical Latin prolegomenon (6th cent. in plural, prolegomena ) introduction, preface (1610 in a British source; in classical Latin as a Greek word) and its etymon ancient Greek προλεγόμενον, neuter of present participle passive of προλέγειν to say beforehand < προ- pro- prefix² + λέγειν to say (see lexis n.). Compare French prolegomènes (1600), Italian prolegomeni (a1556), both plural.Singular prolegomenon and plural prolegomena are the forms preferred in modern use, although singular prolegomena and plural prolegomenas are both also found. In forms in prolog- perhaps influenced by prologue n. 1. a. In plural. Prefatory or introductory (written) observations; esp. a preliminary discourse preceding the main text of a book, chapter, etc. Later also in singular in same sense. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > prologue or introduction forespeechc1000 prologuec1350 proemya1382 preamblec1395 proemc1410 exordyc1430 prolocutory1447 protocolc1450 forespeaking1480 preface1484 prooemiumc1485 preparation1526 introduction1529 induction1533 introducement1536 epistle?1548 prelude1548 proposition1553 foretalk1565 exordium1581 prolegomenons1600 inducement1605 isagoge1652 propylaeum1693 programma1711 foreword1842 foretalking1872 programme1880 pronaos1894 peritext1977 epitext1978 1565 T. Stapleton tr. F. Staphylus Apol. 164 As Brentius youre mate saied of Epiphanius. [Margin] In prolegomenis.] 1600 R. A. Briefe Chronol. Holy Script. 37 Chemnitius, in the third chapter of his Prolegomena before his Harmonie of the Gospell. 1643 W. Burton tr. J. H. Alsted Beloved City 84 In every Chapter, yea Verse, of holy Scripture, there are to be considered. The Prolegomena, or Præcognita, that is, the foregoing matter... The Text itself. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) i. i. 2 As a Prolegomenon or Preface to what we shall afterward discourse. 1653 T. White Pantheologia (title page) To which is prefixed a prolegomena or preface by way of dialogue. 1664 J. Howell Προεδρια-Βασιλικη 5 We will first give a few Hints or Prolegomenas of the Original of Kingly Government. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ii. 19 His Prolegomenon to the Polyglotte Bible. 1720 tr. L. E. Du Pin Compl. Method Studying Divinity xxviii. 360 The Authors above cited, that have treated in their Prolegomenas of the other Sacred Books. 1729 A. Pope (title) The Dunciad; with Notes Variorum and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxxvi. 132 'Tis a pithy prolegomenon, quoth I—and so read on. 1825 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 394 It consists of a prolegomena and three chapters. 1874 Amer. Cycl. VI. 188/1 He undertook a third work..for which he wrote a prolegomena entitled Heidenthum und Judenthum. 1885 Athenæum 8 Aug. 174/3 Mr. Saintsbury's prolegomena are models of what the introduction to such a book should be. 1913 J. Fitzmaurice-Kelly Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Pref. p. vii This preliminary essay..will be found in the prolegomena to the London reprint of Don Quixote issued by Jacob Tonson. 1981 N. Annan Politics of Broadcasting Enquiry 3 This prolegomena is not, I hope, the product of old age and garrulous egotism. 2005 First Things Oct. 28 His books are not buttressed..by long, ponderous, Teutonic prolegomena on method or on critical history. b. Used (in plural and singular) in the titles of works intended to provided an introduction to the study of a subject (originally, the study of a particular text or texts). Hence: an introductory text. Cf. introduction n. 4c. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > textbook or book of instructions > [noun] > introductory introductoryc1400 abecedary?a1475 institution1537 introduction1540 horn-book1609 ABC book1611 guide1617 initial1716 primer1722 prolegomenon1786 grammar1792 entrée1926 1786 J. Bell (title) Prolegomena to the dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere. 1819 J. Richardson tr. I. Kant (title) Prolegomena to every future metaphysic, which can appear as a science. 1836 H. D. Thoreau in Amer. Lit. (1949) 21 318 For further information the student is advised to read Heyne's Excursus, Wolfe's and Knight's Prolegomenas. 1925 D. W. Douglas Guillame De Greef viii. 127 The subject matter of Quetelet's observations, says De Greef, is man, not institutions... However, this is quite proper as a prolegomenon to sociology. 1972 L. S. Hearnshaw in C. B. Cox & A. E. Dyson 20th-cent. Mind I. vii. 232 His book was a prolegomena to..social psychology. 2001 L. I. Perlovsky Neural Networks & Intellect i. 44 The last chapter..is a prolegomenon to the future physical theory of consciousness. †2. In plural. Spoken preliminaries; prefatory remarks. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1665 J. Wilson Projectors iii. i. 36 I was just coming t' ye,—And shall only tell you by way of Prolegomena, That Inventions are of two sorts [etc.]. 1788 H. Clarke School Candidates 22 My prolegomena to a public speech, which I had been a whole synodical month in matagrabolizing. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xix. 290 He, after some ambiguous prolegomena, roundly proposed I should go shares with him. 3. Something that introduces or (necessarily) precedes a subject, event, etc.; a preliminary. Chiefly with to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) > a preliminary action or step introductionc1386 deductiona1535 induction?1544 preamble1548 flourish1552 preludium1563 primordium1577 preparativec1580 exordium1581 introit1583 foregoinga1586 prologuea1586 preface1589 prelusion1597 proem1598 prolusion1601 introductory1646 preliminary1656 prelimination1667 flourishing1687 little go1842 preluding1858 foreword1888 prelim1891 prelimen1898 run-in1900 opening gambit1911 prolegomenon1926 lead-in1928 pipe-openera1936 lead-up1953 intro1964 1926 Jrnl. Philos. 23 274 The study of primitive religions is now a necessary prolegomenon to the study of its higher forms. 1964 I. L. Horowitz in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 43 Exhaustion of all relevant statistical..knowledge was a necessary prologemena [sic] to set forth key classifications. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Apr. 401/5 ‘The War of 1812’, remembered, if at all, as a prolegomenon of the launching, as a national hero, of General Andrew Jackson. 1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 25 June 38/1 Deconstruction thus was described as a prolegomenon to—or perhaps even a substitute for—philosophy as traditionally conceived. Derivatives proleˈgomenal adj. prefatory, introductory, preliminary. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [adjective] > prologue or introduction proemial1447 preambulatory1608 prefatory1710 prolegomenous1749 prefatorial1757 prolegomenary1846 prefatiala1848 prooemiac1850 prolegomenal1859 1859 Times 29 Apr. 14/4 (advt.) Four Gospels in Greek. With Prolegomenal Notes, and References. 1897 Mind Apr. 249 To have collected and expanded these in one prolegomenal essay. 1961 Partisan Rev. Anthol. (1962) 276 My list of prolegomenal books for the first term. 1993 Christian Cent. (Nexis) 13 Oct. 982 What must replace the prolegomenal search for ‘scratch’ is the confession of rootedness in historical community. proleˈgomenary adj. = prolegomenal adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [adjective] > prologue or introduction proemial1447 preambulatory1608 prefatory1710 prolegomenous1749 prefatorial1757 prolegomenary1846 prefatiala1848 prooemiac1850 prolegomenal1859 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. [Citing Eclectic Rev.] Prolegomenary, introductory, prefatory. 1907 Daily Chron. 30 Aug. 2/6 Mr. Parsons staggers us..by a prefatory sentence of five hundred words and a mass of prolegomenary notes. 1965 Renaissance News 18 322 A prolegomenary notice on Venezuelan painting of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. 1996 B. J. Copeland Logic & Reality iv. 34 His chapter is prolegomenary to the enterprise of building theorem-provers of this sort. 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