protologue
/ˈpɹəʊtəʊlɒɡ/
protologue noun: all the original material associated with a newly published name, comprising its description or diagnosis and any of a number of other elements such as illustrations, synonymy, etc.
Noun
protologue (plural protologues)
- All the original material associated with a newly published name, comprising its description or diagnosis and any of a number of other elements such as illustrations, synonymy, etc.
- This is important, since the brief protologus of A. flava published in the Edinburgh Catalogus included only the first four lines from Solander’s original manuscript (our translation of Solander’s protologue: “calyx ovate, half the length of the upper petal claws, blade cordate-subrotund, stamens...1987 July, Frederick Gustav Meyer, James W. Hardin, “Status of the name Aesculus flava Solander (Hippocastanaceae)” (pages 335–341), in S. A. Spongberg, E. B. Schmidt, P. S. Ashton, K. S. Bawa, P. F....
Forms of protologue
| plural | protologues |
|---|---|
| alternative form | protologus |
Origin of protologue
From Ancient Greek πρωτολόγος (prōtológos, “speaking first”). Equivalent to proto- + -logue.
Questions about protologue
- What does protologue mean?
- Protologue means all the original material associated with a newly published name, comprising its description or diagnosis and any of a number of other elements such as illustrations, synonymy, etc.
- What part of speech is protologue?
- Protologue is a noun.
- How do you pronounce protologue?
- Protologue is pronounced /ˈpɹəʊtəʊlɒɡ/.
- What is the plural of protologue?
- The plural of protologue is protologues.
Words near protologue in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: protologue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “protologue.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/protologue. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.