Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρηνής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρηνής πρηνές

Structure: πρηνη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pro/

Sense

  1. with the face downwards, head-foremost
  2. down hill

Declension

Third declension

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

  • γελάσασ δ’ ὁ Ἀνδρόμαχοσ ἄλλο μὲν οὐδὲν ἀπεκρίνατο, τὴν δὲ χεῖρα νῦν μὲν ὑπτίαν, ὡσ ἐκεῖνοσ, νῦν δὲ πρηνῆ προτείνασ ἐκέλευσεν ἀποπλεῖν αὐτόν, εἰ μὴ βούλοιτο τὴν ναῦν ἀντὶ τοιαύτησ γενέσθαι τοιαύτην. (Plutarch, Timoleon, chapter 11 2:2)
  • πάλιν δὴ Ὁμήρου τε δεησόμεθα καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ποιητῶν μὴ ποιεῖν Ἀχιλλέα θεᾶσ παῖδα ‐ ἄλλοτ’ ἐπὶ πλευρᾶσ κατακείμενον, ἄλλοτε δ’ αὖτεὕπτιον, ἄλλοτε δὲ πρηνῆ, . (Plato, Republic, book 3 44:1)

Synonyms

  1. with the face downwards

  2. down hill

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION