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 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		πρῠμνοῖῐν prŭmnoîĭn	πρῠμναῖν / πρῠμναῖῐν / πρῠμνῇῐν prŭmnaî(ĭ)n / prŭmnêiĭn	πρῠμνοῖῐν prŭmnoîĭn		πρῠμνῶν prŭmnôn	πρῠμνᾱ́ων / πρῠμνέ͜ων / πρῠμνῶν prŭmnā́ōn / prŭmné͜ōn / prŭmnôn	πρῠμνῶν prŭmnôn
Dative		πρῠμνῷ prŭmnôi	πρῠμνῇ prŭmnêi	πρῠμνῷ prŭmnôi		πρῠμνοῖῐν prŭmnoîĭn	πρῠμναῖν / πρῠμναῖῐν / πρῠμνῇῐν prŭmnaî(ĭ)n / prŭmnêiĭn	πρῠμνοῖῐν prŭmnoîĭn		πρῠμνοῖσῐ / πρῠμνοῖσῐν / πρῠμνοῖς prŭmnoîsĭ(n) / prŭmnoîs	πρῠμνῇσῐ / πρῠμνῇσῐν / πρῠμνῇς / πρῠμναῖς prŭmnêisĭ(n) / prŭmnêis / prŭmnaîs	πρῠμνοῖσῐ / πρῠμνοῖσῐν / πρῠμνοῖς prŭmnoîsĭ(n) / prŭmnoîs
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
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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