prodrŏmus, i, m., = πρόδρομος.
I A certain north-northeast wind that blows eight days before the rising of the dog-star : prodromi nulli, Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1; Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123.—
II A kind of early fig , Plin. 16, 26, 49, § 113.
·noun A <<Prodrome>>. II. Prodromus ·noun A preliminary course or publication; — used ·esp. in the...
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