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