πρυμνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes suggests Pre-Greek and connects it with πρέμνον (prémnon, “bottom of the trunk of a tree, stump”).[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prym.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /prymˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /prymˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /prymˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /primˈnos/

Adjective

πρυμνός • (prumnós) m (feminine πρυμνή, neuter πρυμνόν); first/second declension

(Epic)

hindmost, undermost, end-most, end of
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.292
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.532
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.705
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.314
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.323
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.504
cut off at the root
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.149
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 17.618
broad at base
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.446
- 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Antiop. 21
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.463
- AD 5th C., Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Declension

First and second declension of πρυμνός; πρυμνή; πρυμνόν (Epic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πρυμνός prumnós	πρυμνή prumnḗ	πρυμνόν prumnón	πρυμνώ prumnṓ	πρυμνᾱ́ prumnā́	πρυμνώ prumnṓ	πρυμνοί prumnoí	πρυμναί prumnaí	πρυμνᾰ́ prumná
Genitive	πρυμνοῦ / πρυμνοῖο / πρυμνόο prumnoû / prumnoîo / prumnóo	πρυμνῆς prumnês	πρυμνοῦ / πρυμνοῖο / πρυμνόο prumnoû / prumnoîo / prumnóo	πρυμνοῖῐν prumnoîin	πρυμναῖν / πρυμναῖῐν / πρυμνῇῐν prumnaî(i)n / prumnêiin	πρυμνοῖῐν prumnoîin	πρυμνῶν prumnôn	πρυμνᾱ́ων / πρυμνέ͜ων / πρυμνῶν prumnā́ōn / prumné͜ōn / prumnôn	πρυμνῶν prumnôn
Dative	πρυμνῷ prumnôi	πρυμνῇ prumnêi	πρυμνῷ prumnôi	πρυμνοῖῐν prumnoîin	πρυμναῖν / πρυμναῖῐν / πρυμνῇῐν prumnaî(i)n / prumnêiin	πρυμνοῖῐν prumnoîin	πρυμνοῖσῐ / πρυμνοῖσῐν / πρυμνοῖς prumnoîsi(n) / prumnoîs	πρυμνῇσῐ / πρυμνῇσῐν / πρυμνῇς / πρυμναῖς prumnêisi(n) / prumnêis / prumnaîs	πρυμνοῖσῐ / πρυμνοῖσῐν / πρυμνοῖς prumnoîsi(n) / prumnoîs
Accusative	πρυμνόν prumnón	πρυμνήν prumnḗn	πρυμνόν prumnón	πρυμνώ prumnṓ	πρυμνᾱ́ prumnā́	πρυμνώ prumnṓ	πρυμνούς prumnoús	πρυμνᾱ́ς prumnā́s	πρυμνᾰ́ prumná
Vocative	πρυμνέ prumné	πρυμνή prumnḗ	πρυμνόν prumnón	πρυμνώ prumnṓ	πρυμνᾱ́ prumnā́	πρυμνώ prumnṓ	πρυμνοί prumnoí	πρυμναί prumnaí	πρυμνᾰ́ prumná
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	πρυμνῶς prumnôs			πρυμνότερος prumnóteros			πρυμνότᾰτος prumnótatos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

πρύμνᾰ (prúmna)
πρύμνᾰδε (prúmnade)
πρυμναῖος (prumnaîos)
πρύμνηθεν (prúmnēthen)
πρυμνήσιος (prumnḗsios)
πρυμνήτης (prumnḗtēs)
πρυμνητῐκός (prumnētikós)
πρυμνόθεν (prumnóthen)
πρυμνόν (prumnón)
πρυμνοῦχος (prumnoûkhos)
πρυμνώρειᾰ (prumnṓreia)

References

πρυμνός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
πρυμνός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πρυμνός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
πρυμνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
πρυμνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πρυμνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 1242-1243

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[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πρυμνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 1242-1243