Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὔπρυμνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔπρυμνος εὔπρυμνον

Structure: εὐπρυμν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pru/mna

Sense

  1. with goodly stern

Examples

  • ἀλλ’, εἰ μὲν ‐ ἕν τι ‐ τοῦθ’ ὁμοῦ γενήσεται, ἄγαλμά τ’ οἴσεισ κἄμ’ ἐπ’ εὐπρύμνου νεὼσ ἄξεισ, τὸ κινδύνευμα γίγνεται καλόν· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 4:9)
  • ἡμεῖσ δ’ ἀφειδήσαντεσ, ὡσ ἐσείδομεν δόλια τεχνήματ’, εἰχόμεσθα τῆσ ξένησ πρυμνησίων τε, καὶ δι’ εὐθυντηρίασ οἰάκασ ἐξῃροῦμεν εὐπρύμνου νεώσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 3:4)

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

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