πρέμνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained. Furnée assumes that is a variant of πρυμνός (prumnós, “hindmost, undermost”) and considers the word Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πρέμνον • (prémnon) n (genitive πρέμνου); second declension

  1. (botany) bottom of the trunk of a tree, stump
  2. (in general) stem, trunk, bole
  3. enlarged bark of the stem of the olive
  4. (architecture) base of a pillar

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ πρέμνον; τοῦ πρέμνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πρέμνον
tò prémnon		 τὼ πρέμνω
tṑ prémnō		 τᾰ̀ πρέμνᾰ
tà prémna
Genitive τοῦ πρέμνου
toû prémnou		 τοῖν πρέμνοιν
toîn prémnoin		 τῶν πρέμνων
tôn prémnōn
Dative τῷ πρέμνῳ
tôi prémnōi		 τοῖν πρέμνοιν
toîn prémnoin		 τοῖς πρέμνοις
toîs prémnois
Accusative τὸ πρέμνον
tò prémnon		 τὼ πρέμνω
tṑ prémnō		 τᾰ̀ πρέμνᾰ
tà prémna
Vocative πρέμνον
prémnon		 πρέμνω
prémnō		 πρέμνᾰ
prémna
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • αὐτόπρεμνος (autópremnos)
  • ἐκπρεμνίζω (ekpremnízō)
  • πρέμνια (prémnia)
  • πρεμνιάζω (premniázō)
  • πρεμνίζω (premnízō)
  • πρέμνιον (prémnion)
  • πρέμνοθεν (prémnothen)
  • πρεμνώδης (premnṓdēs)

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