πρυμνός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Beekes suggests Pre-Greek and connects it with πρέμνον (prémnon, “bottom of the trunk of a tree, stump”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prym.nós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /prymˈnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /prymˈnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /prymˈnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /primˈnos/
Adjective
πρυμνός • (prumnós) m (feminine πρυμνή, neuter πρυμνόν); first/second declension (Epic)
- hindmost, undermost, endmost, end of
- cut off at the root
- broad at base
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | πρῠμνός prŭmnós |
πρῠμνή prŭmnḗ |
πρῠμνόν prŭmnón |
πρῠμνώ prŭmnṓ |
πρῠμνᾱ́ prŭmnā́ |
πρῠμνώ prŭmnṓ |
πρῠμνοί prŭmnoí |
πρῠμναί prŭmnaí |
πρῠμνᾰ́ prŭmnắ | |||||
| Genitive | πρῠμνοῦ / πρῠμνοῖο / πρῠμνόο prŭmnoû / prŭmnoîo / prŭmnóo |
πρῠμνῆς prŭmnês |
πρῠμνοῦ / πρῠμνοῖο / πρῠμνόο prŭmnoû / prŭmnoîo / prŭmnóo |
πρῠμνοῖν / πρῠμνοῖῐν prŭmnoî(ĭ)n |
πρῠμναῖν / πρῠμναῖῐν / πρῠμνῇῐν prŭmnaî(ĭ)n / prŭmnēîĭn |
πρῠμνοῖν / πρῠμνοῖῐν prŭmnoî(ĭ)n |
πρῠμνῶν prŭmnôn |
πρῠμνᾱ́ων / πρῠμνέ͜ων / πρῠμνῶν prŭmnā́ōn / prŭmné͜ōn / prŭmnôn |
πρῠμνῶν prŭmnôn | |||||
| Dative | πρῠμνῷ prŭmnōî |
πρῠμνῇ prŭmnēî |
πρῠμνῷ prŭmnōî |
πρῠμνοῖν / πρῠμνοῖῐν prŭmnoî(ĭ)n |
πρῠμναῖν / πρῠμναῖῐν / πρῠμνῇῐν prŭmnaî(ĭ)n / prŭmnēîĭn |
πρῠμνοῖν / πρῠμνοῖῐν prŭmnoî(ĭ)n |
πρῠμνοῖς / πρῠμνοῖσῐ / πρῠμνοῖσῐν prŭmnoîs / prŭmnoîsĭ(n) |
πρῠμνῇς / πρῠμνῇσῐ / πρῠμνῇσῐν / πρῠμναῖς prŭmnēîs / prŭmnēîsĭ(n) / prŭmnaîs |
πρῠμνοῖς / πρῠμνοῖσῐ / πρῠμνοῖσῐν prŭmnoîs / prŭmnoîsĭ(n) | |||||
| Accusative | πρῠμνόν prŭmnón |
πρῠμνήν prŭmnḗn |
πρῠμνόν prŭmnón |
πρῠμνώ prŭmnṓ |
πρῠμνᾱ́ prŭmnā́ |
πρῠμνώ prŭmnṓ |
πρῠμνούς prŭmnoús |
πρῠμνᾱ́ς prŭmnā́s |
πρῠμνᾰ́ prŭmnắ | |||||
| Vocative | πρῠμνέ prŭmné |
πρῠμνή prŭmnḗ |
πρῠμνόν prŭmnón |
πρῠμνώ prŭmnṓ |
πρῠμνᾱ́ prŭmnā́ |
πρῠμνώ prŭmnṓ |
πρῠμνοί prŭmnoí |
πρῠμναί prŭmnaí |
πρῠμνᾰ́ prŭmnắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πρῠμνῶς prŭmnôs |
πρῠμνότερος prŭmnóteros |
πρῠμνότᾰτος prŭmnótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- εὔπρυμνος (eúprumnos)
- πρύμνᾰ (prúmnă)
- πρύμνᾰδε (prúmnăde)
- πρυμναῖος (prumnaîos)
- πρύμνηθεν (prúmnēthen)
- πρυμνήσιος (prumnḗsios)
- πρυμνήτης (prumnḗtēs)
- πρυμνητῐκός (prumnētĭkós)
- πρυμνόθεν (prumnóthen)
- πρυμνόν (prumnón)
- πρυμνοῦχος (prumnoûkhos)
- πρυμνώρειᾰ (prumnṓreiă)
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
- ^ 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, →ISBN, pages 1242-1243