πρύμνα

See also: πρυμνά

Ancient Greek

Derived from πρυμνός (prumnós, “hindmost”), but with different accentuation.

πρύμνᾰ • (prúmnă) 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)

First declension of ἡ πρῠ́μνᾰ; τῆς πρῠ́μνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πρῠ́μνᾰ hē prŭ́mnă	τὼ πρῠ́μνᾱ tṑ prŭ́mnā	αἱ πρῠ́μναι hai prŭ́mnai
Genitive	τῆς πρῠ́μνης tês prŭ́mnēs	τοῖν πρῠ́μναιν toîn prŭ́mnain	τῶν πρῠμνῶν tôn prŭmnôn
Dative	τῇ πρῠ́μνῃ tēî prŭ́mnēi	τοῖν πρῠ́μναιν toîn prŭ́mnain	ταῖς πρῠ́μναις taîs prŭ́mnais
Accusative	τὴν πρῠ́μνᾰν tḕn prŭ́mnăn	τὼ πρῠ́μνᾱ tṑ prŭ́mnā	τᾱ̀ς πρῠ́μνᾱς tā̀s prŭ́mnās
Vocative	πρῠ́μνᾰ prŭ́mnă	πρῠ́μνᾱ prŭ́mnā	πρῠ́μναι prŭ́mnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.