πρωτολογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πρωτολόγος (prōtológos, speaking first) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πρωτολογῐ́ᾱ • (prōtologíā) f (genitive πρωτολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. the right of speaking first in a law-court, the part of the prosecutor
    • 380 BCE – 318 BCE, Demades, Collected Works 3
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Proverbs 18.17:
      δίκαιος ἑαυτοῦ κατήγορος ἐν πρωτολογίᾳ, ὡς δ’ ἂν ἐπιβάλῃ ὁ ἀντίδικος ἐλέγχεται.
      díkaios heautoû katḗgoros en prōtologíāi, hōs d’ àn epibálēi ho antídikos elénkhetai.
  2. the right of the leading advocate to speak first
    • Argumenta Orationum Demosthenicarum 20

Declension

Descendants

  • English: protology

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