noun
prōlūdĭum
Meaning
- preliminary exercise
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
exercitium ante rem vēramprōlūdium -ī (n) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 7
prōlūdĭum, ĭi, n. proludo,
I. preliminary exercise, training (late Lat.):
cum quasi in proludiis negotium spectaretur, Amm. 28, 1, 10: cotidiana proludia exercitūs, id. 14, 11, 3: disciplinae castrensis, id. 16, 5, 10.