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ἀκρόπρῳρον?

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: akroprōiron

Principal Part: ἀκρόπρῳρον

Structure: ἀκροπρῳρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: πρῷρα

Sense

  1. the end of a ship's prow

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀκρόπρῳρον ἀκροπρῴρω ἀκρόπρῳρα
Genitive ἀκροπρῴρου ἀκροπρῴροιν ἀκροπρῴρων
Dative ἀκροπρῴρῳ ἀκροπρῴροιν ἀκροπρῴροις
Accusative ἀκρόπρῳρον ἀκροπρῴρω ἀκρόπρῳρα
Vocative ἀκρόπρῳρον ἀκροπρῴρω ἀκρόπρῳρα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εὑρόντα δ ἀκρόπρῳρον ξύλινον ἐκ ναυαγίου ἵππον ἔχον ἐγγεγλυμμένον, πυθόμενον ὡς ἀπὸ τῆς ἑσπέρας πλεόντων τινῶν εἰή τὸ ναυάγιον τοῦτο, κομίζειν αὐτὸ ἀναστρέψαντα πρὸς τὸν οἰκεῖον πλοῦν. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 3 8:20)
  • τὸ δ ἀκρόπρῳρον προφέροντα εἰς τὸ ἐμπόριον δεικνύναι τοῖς ναυκλήροις, γνῶναι δὲ Γαδειριτῶν ὄν: (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 3 8:23)
  • ἀλλὰ τῶν δὴ ναυκλήρων τινὰς γνωρίσαι τὸ ἀκρόπρῳρον ἑνὸς τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ Λίξου ποταμοῦ πορρώτερον πλευσάντων καὶ μὴ σωθέντων ὑπάρξαν. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 3 8:26)
  • ἐπανιὼν δὲ καὶ παρενεχθεὶς εἰς τὴν Αἰθιοπίαν τίνος χάριν ἢ τὰς διαλέκτους ἀπεγράφετο, ἢ τὸ ἀκρόπρῳρον ἐπυνθάνετο τῆς ἁλιάδος πόθεν ἐκπέσοι· (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 3 10:18)
  • ἐλθὼν δ οὖν εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν, φωραθεὶς ὡς νενοσφισμένος πολλά, πῶς οὐκ ἐκολάσθη, ἀλλὰ καὶ περιῄει τοὺς ναυκλήρους διαπυνθανόμενος, δεικνὺς ἅμα τὸ ἀκρόπρῳρον· (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 3 10:20)

Synonyms

  1. the end of a ship's prow

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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