proloquium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prōlŏquĭum, ĭi, n. [proloquor]. *

I An introduction , preamble , Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.; v. prologium.—

II An assertion , proposition , axiom (class. Lat. pronunciatum), the Gr. ἀξίωμα, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 8, 1; cf. Ap. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 29, 15: disjunctivum, Gell. 5, 11, 9.—

III A judicial sentence : sub uno proloquio cunctos jubet occidi, Amm. 29, 1, 38; 28, 1, 11.