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prōlūdĭum, ĭi, n. [proludo], 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.
prō-lūdo, si, sum, 3, v. n., to play or practise beforehand, to prelude.
- I. Lit.: et sparsā ad pugnam proludit harenā, Verg. G. 3, 234.
Absol.: sic ubi prolusit, etc., Ov. A. A. 3, 515; Flor. 3, 22, 6.
- II. Trop.: sententiis, quibus proluserint, which served them for previous exercise, * Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325: jurgia proludunt, Juv. 5, 26: per has mortalis aevi moras illi meliori vitae longiorique proluditur, Sen. Ep. 102, 23: cum per ista prolusum est, crescunt maria, id. Q. N. 3, 28, 3: prima per legatos habita certamina, cum hinc Domitius et Thorius, inde Hirtulei proluderent, opened the contest, Flor. 3, 22, 6: prolusit dolor per ista noster, Sen. Med. 907; id. Hippol. 1061; id. Herc. Fur. 221.