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πρηών

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρηών πρηῶνος

Structure: πρηων (Stem)

Etym.: epic for prw/n, Hes.

Sense

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

  • αὐταὶ γὰρ ἐθηήσασθε μολοῦσαι Ἰδαίησ τρικάρηνον ὑπὸ πρηῶνα Φαλάκρησ καὶ Πάριν οἰοπόλοισιν ἐφεδριόωντα θοώκοισ καὶ Χαρίτων βασίλειαν ἀγαλλομένην Ἀφροδίτην. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 16)
  • ἄρτι μὲν Ἰδαίην ὑπερέδραμον οὔρεοσ ἄκρην, ἔνθα λιθοκρήδεμνον ὑπὸ πρηῶνοσ ἐρίπνην κουρίζων ἐνόμευε Πάρισ πατρώια μῆλα. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 153)
  • ὡσ δ’ ὅτ’ ἀπὸ μεγάλου πέτρη πρηῶνοσ ὀρούσῃ, μακρὰ δ’ ἐπιθρῴσκουσα κυλίνδεται, ἣ δέ τε ἠχῇ ἔρχεται ἐμμεμαυῖα, πάγοσ δέ οἱ ἀντεβόλησεν ὑψηλόσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 39:7)
  • ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν ὡρμήθη πρηὼν ἅτε τοῦ δ’ ἁπαλοῖο Παιονίδα λόγχην ἧκε διὰ κροτάφου· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3002)
  • Εὐμάραθον πρηῶνα καὶ εὐσκάνδικα λελογχώσ, Ἑρμῆ, καὶ ταύταν, ἆ φίλοσ, αἰγίβοσιν, καὶ λαχανηλόγῳ ἔσσο καὶ αἰγινομῆι προσηνήσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3181)
  • ἐκαλεῖτο γὰρ Λεπρὴ μὲν ἀκτὴ ὁ πρηὼν ὁ ὑπερκείμενοσ τῆσ νῦν πόλεωσ, ἔχων μέροσ τοῦ τείχουσ αὐτῆσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 1 5:6)

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

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