Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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)

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)
  • ἔσχον δὲ κατ’ Αἰγαίην ἅλα πότμον, πρυμνούχουσ στέλλων ἐκ Βορέαο κάλουσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 374 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. holding the ship's stern

  2. detaining the ships

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

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