πρυμνός

πρυμνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes suggests Pre-Greek and connects it with πρέμνον (prémnon, “bottom of the trunk of a tree, stump”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prym.nós/ → /prymˈnos/ → /primˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prym.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /prymˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /prymˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /prymˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /primˈnos/

Adjective

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

(Epic)

1. hindmost, undermost, end-most, 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
   • AD 5th C., Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Declension

First and second declension of πρυμνός; πρυμνή; πρυμνόν (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πρυμνός prumnós	πρυμνή prumnḗ	πρυμνόν prumnón		πρυμνώ prumnṓ	πρυμνᾱ́ prumnā́	πρυμνώ prumnṓ		πρυμνοί prumnoí	πρυμναί prumnaí	πρυμνᾰ́ prumná
Genitive		πρυμνοῦ / πρυμνοῖο / πρυμνόο prumnoû / prumnoîo / prumnóo	πρυμνῆς prumnês	πρυμνοῦ / πρυμνοῖο / πρυμνόο prumnoû / prumnoîo / prumnóo		πρυμνοῖῐν prumnoîin	πρυμναῖν / πρυμναῖῐν / πρυμνῇῐν prumnaî(i)n / prumnêiin	πρυμνοῖῐν prumnoîin		πρυμνῶν prumnôn	πρυμνᾱ́ων / πρυμνέ͜ων / πρυμνῶν prumnā́ōn / prumné͜ōn / prumnôn	πρυμνῶν prumnôn
Dative		πρυμνῷ prumnôi	πρυμνῇ prumnêi	πρυμνῷ prumnôi		πρυμνοῖῐν prumnoîin	πρυμναῖν / πρυμναῖῐν / πρυμνῇῐν prumnaî(i)n / prumnêiin	πρυμνοῖῐν prumnoîin		πρυμνοῖσῐ / πρυμνοῖσῐν / πρυμνοῖς prumnoîsi(n) / prumnoîs	πρυμνῇσῐ / πρυμνῇσῐν / πρυμνῇς / πρυμναῖς prumnêisi(n) / prumnêis / prumnaîs	πρυμνοῖσῐ / πρυμνοῖσῐν / πρυμνοῖς prumnoîsi(n) / prumnoîs
Accusative		πρυμνόν prumnón	πρυμνήν prumnḗn	πρυμνόν prumnón		πρυμνώ prumnṓ	πρυμνᾱ́ prumnā́	πρυμνώ prumnṓ		πρυμνούς prumnoús	πρυμνᾱ́ς prumnā́s	πρυμνᾰ́ prumná
Vocative		πρυμνέ prumné	πρυμνή prumnḗ	πρυμνόν prumnón		πρυμνώ prumnṓ	πρυμνᾱ́ prumnā́	πρυμνώ prumnṓ		πρυμνοί prumnoí	πρυμναί prumnaí	πρυμνᾰ́ prumná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πρυμνῶς prumnôs				πρυμνότερος prumnóteros				πρυμνότᾰτος prumnótatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• πρύμνᾰ (prúmna)
• πρύμνᾰδε (prúmnade)
• πρυμναῖος (prumnaîos)
• πρύμνηθεν (prúmnēthen)
• πρυμνήσιος (prumnḗsios)
• πρυμνήτης (prumnḗtēs)
• πρυμνητῐκός (prumnētikós)
• πρυμνόθεν (prumnóthen)
• πρυμνόν (prumnón)
• πρυμνοῦχος (prumnoûkhos)
• πρυμνώρειᾰ (prumnṓreia)

 

References

• 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

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πρυμνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 1242-1243