Unexplained. Furnée assumes that is a variant of πρυμνός (prumnós, “hindmost, undermost”) and considers the word Pre-Greek.
πρέμνον • (prémnon) n (genitive πρέμνου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ πρέμνον tò prémnon |
τὼ πρέμνω tṑ prémnō |
τᾰ̀ πρέμνᾰ tà prémna | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πρέμνου toû prémnou |
τοῖν πρέμνοιν toîn prémnoin |
τῶν πρέμνων tôn prémnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πρέμνῳ tôi prémnōi |
τοῖν πρέμνοιν toîn prémnoin |
τοῖς πρέμνοις toîs prémnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πρέμνον tò prémnon |
τὼ πρέμνω tṑ prémnō |
τᾰ̀ πρέμνᾰ tà prémna | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πρέμνον prémnon |
πρέμνω prémnō |
πρέμνᾰ prémna | ||||||||||
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