πρῷρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *prṓwařřa, from Proto-Indo-European *préh₃wr̥yh₂ (“forepart (of a ship)”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πρῷρᾰ • (prōîră) f (genitive πρῴρᾱς); first declension

  1. The front part of a ship; bow, prow

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πρῷρᾰ; τῆς πρῴρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πρῷρᾰ
hē prōîră 		τὼ πρῴρᾱ
tṑ prōírā 		αἱ πρῷραι
hai prōîrai
Genitive τῆς πρῴρᾱς
tês prōírās 		τοῖν πρῴραιν
toîn prōírain 		τῶν πρῳρῶν
tôn prōirôn
Dative τῇ πρῴρᾳ
tēî prōírāi 		τοῖν πρῴραιν
toîn prōírain 		ταῖς πρῴραις
taîs prōírais
Accusative τὴν πρῷρᾰν
tḕn prōîrăn 		τὼ πρῴρᾱ
tṑ prōírā 		τᾱ̀ς πρῴρᾱς
tā̀s prōírās
Vocative πρῷρᾰ
prōîră 		πρῴρᾱ
prōírā 		πρῷραι
prōîrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: πλώρα (plṓra)
    • Greek: πλώρα (plóra)
  • → Greek: πρώρα (próra)
  • → Latin: prōra (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πρῷρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1244-5

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