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πρύμνα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρύμνα πρύμνης

Structure: πρυμν (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: fem. of prumno/s

Sense

  1. the hindmost part of a ship, the stern, poop, to retire, draw back
  2. the vessel
  3. the bottom, the foot

Declension

First 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

  • χρυσέαισ δ’ εἰκόσιν κατ’ ἄκρα Νη‐ ρῇδεσ ἕστασαν θεαί, πρύμναισ σῆμ’ Ἀχιλλείου στρατοῦ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, strophe 23)
  • ὃ τὰσ μὲν Ἑλληνικὰσ οὐκ ἔβλαπτε ναῦσ ἁλιτενεῖσ οὔσασ καὶ ταπεινοτέρασ, τὰσ δὲ βαρβαρικὰσ ταῖσ τε πρύμναισ ἀνεστώσασ καὶ τοῖσ καταστρώμασιν ὑψορόφουσ καὶ βαρείασ ἐπιφερομένασ ἔσφαλλε προσπῖπτον καὶ παρεδίδου πλαγίασ τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν ὀξέωσ προσφερομένοισ καὶ τῷ Θεμιστοκλεῖ προσέχουσιν, ὡσ ὁρῶντι μάλιστα τὸ συμφέρον, καὶ ὅτι κατ’ ἐκεῖνον ὁ Ξέρξου ναύαρχοσ Ἀριαμένησ ναῦν ἔχων μεγάλην ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τείχουσ ἐτόξευε καὶ ἠκόντιζεν, ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸσ ὢν καὶ τῶν βασιλέωσ ἀδελφῶν πολὺ κράτιστόσ τε καὶ δικαιότατοσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 14 2:2)
  • τοῦ παῖσ ἅμ’ Ἀτρείδαισ Τεύθραντοσ πεδίον μολὼν ἔστα σὺν Ἀχιλλεῖ μόνοσ, ὅτ’ ἀλκᾶντασ Δαναοὺσ τρέψαισ ἁλίαισιν πρύμναισ Τήλεφοσ ἔμβαλεν· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 9 18:3)
  • λοιπὸν ὅταν ἐγγίσωσι τῆσ χρείασ, ἐνδεδεμένων τῶν κάλων εἰσ τὴν κορυφὴν τῆσ κλίμακοσ, ἕλκουσι διὰ τῶν τροχιλιῶν τούτουσ ἑστῶτεσ ἐν ταῖσ πρύμναισ· (Polybius, Histories, book 8, chapter 4 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. the vessel

  2. the bottom

Related

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

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