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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived from πρυμνός (prumnós, “hindmost”), but with different accentuation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prým.na/ → /ˈprym.na/ → /ˈprim.na/
Noun
πρύμνᾰ • (prúmna) f (genitive πρύμνης); first declension
- (nautical) stern, poop
New Testament,
Acts of the Apostles 27:29
:
- φοβούμενοί τε μήπως εἰς τραχεῖς τόπους ἐκπέσωμεν, ἐκ πρύμνης ῥίψαντες ἀγκύρας τέσσαρας, ηὔχοντο ἡμέραν γενέσθαι.
- phoboúmenoí te mḗpōs eis trakheîs tópous ekpésōmen, ek prúmnēs rhípsantes ankúras téssaras, ēúkhonto hēméran genésthai.
- Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. (KJV)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- πρύμνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πρύμνα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “πρύμνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G4403 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.