πρυμνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes suggests Pre-Greek and connects it with πρέμνον (prémnon, “bottom of the trunk of a tree, stump”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

πρυμνός • (prumnós) m (feminine πρυμνή, neuter πρυμνόν); first/second declension (Epic)

1. hindmost, undermost, endmost, end of
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.292
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.532
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.705
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.314
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.323
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.504
2. cut off at the root
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.149
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 17.618
3. broad at base
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.446
   • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Antiop. 21
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.463
   • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

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Further reading

• “πρυμνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρυμνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πρυμνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πρυμνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πρυμνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963