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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prym.nɛ̌ː.si.a/ → /prymˈni.si.a/ → /primˈni.si.a/
Adjective
πρυμνήσῐᾰ • (prumnḗsĭă)
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural of πρυμνήσῐος (prumnḗsĭos)
Noun
πρυμνήσῐᾰ • (prumnḗsĭă) n pl (genitive πρυμνησίων); second declension
- (plural only) stern-cables, mooring cables
Declension
πρυμνήσῐᾰ
prumnḗsĭă
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πρυμνησῐ́ων
prumnēsĭ́ōn
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πρυμνησῐ́οισῐ / πρυμνησῐ́οισῐν / πρυμνησῐ́οις
prumnēsĭ́oisĭ(n) / prumnēsĭ́ois
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πρυμνήσῐᾰ
prumnḗsĭă
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πρυμνήσῐᾰ
prumnḗsĭă
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- Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
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Further reading
- “πρυμνήσια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πρυμνήσια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πρυμνήσια in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πρυμνήσια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.