πρυμνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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, endmost, 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
   • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Declension

First and second declension of πρῠμνός; πρῠμνή; πρῠμνόν (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πρῠμνός prumnós	πρῠμνή prumnḗ	πρῠμνόν prumnón		πρῠμνώ prumnṓ	πρῠμνᾱ́ prumnā́	πρῠμνώ prumnṓ		πρῠμνοί prumnoí	πρῠμναί prumnaí	πρῠμνᾰ́ prumná
Genitive		πρῠμνοῦ / πρῠμνοῖο / πρῠμνόο prumnoû / prumnoîo / prumnóo	πρῠμνῆς prumnês	πρῠμνοῦ / πρῠμνοῖο / πρῠμνόο prumnoû / prumnoîo / prumnóo		πρῠμνοῖῐν prumnoîin	πρῠμναῖν / πρῠμναῖῐν / πρῠμνῇῐν prumnaî(i)n / prumnêiin	πρῠμνοῖῐν prumnoîin		πρῠμνῶν prumnôn	πρῠμνᾱ́ων / πρῠμνέ͜ων / πρῠμνῶν prumnā́ōn / prumné͜ōn / prumnôn	πρῠμνῶν prumnôn
Dative		πρῠμνῷ prumnôi	πρῠμνῇ prumnêi	πρῠμνῷ prumnôi		πρῠμνοῖῐν prumnoîin	πρῠμναῖν / πρῠμναῖῐν / πρῠμνῇῐν prumnaî(i)n / prumnêiin	πρῠμνοῖῐν prumnoîin		πρῠμνοῖσῐ / πρῠμνοῖσῐν / πρῠμνοῖς prumnoîsi(n) / prumnoîs	πρῠμνῇσῐ / πρῠμνῇσῐν / πρῠμνῇς / πρῠμναῖς prumnêisi(n) / prumnêis / prumnaîs	πρῠμνοῖσῐ / πρῠμνοῖσῐν / πρῠμνοῖς prumnoîsi(n) / prumnoîs
Accusative		πρῠμνόν prumnón	πρῠμνήν prumnḗn	πρῠμνόν prumnón		πρῠμνώ prumnṓ	πρῠμνᾱ́ prumnā́	πρῠμνώ prumnṓ		πρῠμνούς prumnoús	πρῠμνᾱ́ς prumnā́s	πρῠμνᾰ́ prumná
Vocative		πρῠμνέ prumné	πρῠμνή prumnḗ	πρῠμνόν prumnón		πρῠμνώ prumnṓ	πρῠμνᾱ́ prumnā́	πρῠμνώ prumnṓ		πρῠμνοί prumnoí	πρῠμναί prumnaí	πρῠμνᾰ́ prumná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πρῠμνῶς prumnôs				πρῠμνότερος prumnóteros				πρῠμνότᾰτος prumnótatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

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

 

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