πρύμνα

See also: πρυμνά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πρύμνη (prúmnē) — Ionic, Epic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prým.na/ → /ˈprym.na/ → /ˈprim.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prým.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈprym.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈprym.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈprym.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈprim.na/

Noun

πρύμνᾰ • (prúmna) f (genitive πρύμνης); first declension

1. (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)

Declension

First declension of ἡ πρῠ́μνᾰ; τῆς πρῠ́μνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πρῠ́μνᾰ hē prúmna	τὼ πρῠ́μνᾱ tṑ prúmnā	αἱ πρῠ́μναι hai prúmnai
Genitive	τῆς πρῠ́μνης tês prúmnēs	τοῖν πρῠ́μναιν toîn prúmnain	τῶν πρῠμνῶν tôn prumnôn
Dative	τῇ πρῠ́μνῃ têi prúmnēi	τοῖν πρῠ́μναιν toîn prúmnain	ταῖς πρῠ́μναις taîs prúmnais
Accusative	τὴν πρῠ́μνᾰν tḕn prúmnan	τὼ πρῠ́μνᾱ tṑ prúmnā	τᾱ̀ς πρῠ́μνᾱς tā̀s prúmnās
Vocative	πρῠ́μνᾰ prúmna	πρῠ́μνᾱ prúmnā	πρῠ́μναι prúmnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εὔπρυμνος (eúprumnos)

Further reading

• πρύμνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πρύμνα - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
• “πρύμνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G4403 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • helm idem, page 395.
  • poop idem, page 626.
  • stern idem, page 816.