prolusio

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

prōlūsĭo, ōnis, f. [proludo],

a prelude , transf., a preliminary exercise , trial , essay , Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47

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