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πρυμνοῦχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρυμνοῦχος πρυμνοῦχον

Structure: πρυμνουχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. holding the ship's stern
  2. detaining the ships, by the stern)

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative πρυμνοῦχος πρύμνουχον
Genitive πρυμνούχου πρυμνούχου
Dative πρυμνούχῳ πρυμνούχῳ
Accusative πρυμνοῦχον πρύμνουχον
Vocative πρυμνοῦχε πρύμνουχον
DualN/A/V πρυμνούχω πρυμνούχω
G/D πρυμνούχοιν πρυμνούχοιν
PluralNominative πρυμνοῦχοι πρύμνουχα
Genitive πρυμνούχων πρυμνούχων
Dative πρυμνούχοις πρυμνούχοις
Accusative πρυμνούχους πρύμνουχα
Vocative πρυμνοῦχοι πρύμνουχα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective πρυμνοῦχος πρυμνούχου πρυμνουχότερος πρυμνουχοτέρου πρυμνουχότατος πρυμνουχοτάτου
Adverb πρυμνούχως πρυμνουχότερον πρυμνουχότατα

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

  • κεῖνοσ δὲ παῖδα τὴν ἐμὴν Ἀχιλλέωσ λέκτροισι πείσασ ᾤχετ’ ἐκ δόμων ἄγων πρυμνοῦχον Αὖλιν, ἔνθ’ ὑπερτείνασ πυρᾶσ λευκὴν διήμησ’ Ἰφιγόνησ παρηί̈δα. (Euripides, episode, anapests 1:16)

Synonyms

  1. holding the ship's stern

  2. detaining the ships

Similar forms

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

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