Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρυμνόθεν

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρυμνόθεν

Etym.: prumno/n

Sense

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Examples

  • ὦ Ζεῦ τε καὶ Γῆ καὶ πολισσοῦχοι θεοί, Ἀρά τ’ Ἐρινὺσ πατρὸσ ἡ μεγασθενήσ, μή μοι πόλιν γε πρυμνόθεν πανώλεθρον ἐκθαμνίσητε δῃάλωτον, Ἑλλάδοσ φθόγγον χέουσαν, καὶ δόμουσ ἐφεστίουσ· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode 4:14)
  • ὦ μεγάλαυχοι καὶ φθερσιγενεῖσ Κῆρεσ Ἐρινύεσ, αἵτ’ Οἰδιπόδα γένοσ ὠλέσατε πρυμνόθεν οὕτωσ, τί πάθω; (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode, anapests2)
  • νῆα δ’ ὁμοῦ ζέφυρόσ τε καὶ ἠχῆεν φέρε κῦμα πρυμνόθεν ὀρνύμενον· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 15:13)
  • ἡ δ’ ὑπὸ νυκτὶ ῥιπῇσιν μὲν πρῶτα τινάσσεται, ὕστερον αὖτε πρυμνόθεν ἐξαγεῖσα κατήριπεν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 27:19)

Synonyms

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

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