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, endmost, 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
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Declension

First and second declension of πρῠμνός; πρῠμνή; πρῠμνόν (Epic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πρῠμνός prumnós	πρῠμνή prumnḗ	πρῠμνόν prumnón	πρῠμνώ prumnṓ	πρῠμνᾱ́ prumnā́	πρῠμνώ prumnṓ	πρῠμνοί prumnoí	πρῠμναί prumnaí	πρῠμνᾰ́ prumná
Genitive	πρῠμνοῦ / πρῠμνοῖο / πρῠμνόο prumnoû / prumnoîo / prumnóo	πρῠμνῆς prumnês	πρῠμνοῦ / πρῠμνοῖο / πρῠμνόο prumnoû / prumnoîo / prumnóo	πρῠμνοῖῐν prumnoîin	πρῠμναῖν / πρῠμναῖῐν / πρῠμνῇῐν prumnaî(i)n / prumnêiin	πρῠμνοῖῐν prumnoîin	πρῠμνῶν prumnôn	πρῠμνᾱ́ων / πρῠμνέ͜ων / πρῠμνῶν prumnā́ōn / prumné͜ōn / prumnôn	πρῠμνῶν prumnôn
Dative	πρῠμνῷ prumnôi	πρῠμνῇ prumnêi	πρῠμνῷ prumnôi	πρῠμνοῖῐν prumnoîin	πρῠμναῖν / πρῠμναῖῐν / πρῠμνῇῐν prumnaî(i)n / prumnêiin	πρῠμνοῖῐν prumnoîin	πρῠμνοῖσῐ / πρῠμνοῖσῐν / πρῠμνοῖς prumnoîsi(n) / prumnoîs	πρῠμνῇσῐ / πρῠμνῇσῐν / πρῠμνῇς / πρῠμναῖς prumnêisi(n) / prumnêis / prumnaîs	πρῠμνοῖσῐ / πρῠμνοῖσῐν / πρῠμνοῖς prumnoîsi(n) / prumnoîs
Accusative	πρῠμνόν prumnón	πρῠμνήν prumnḗn	πρῠμνόν prumnón	πρῠμνώ prumnṓ	πρῠμνᾱ́ prumnā́	πρῠμνώ prumnṓ	πρῠμνούς prumnoús	πρῠμνᾱ́ς prumnā́s	πρῠμνᾰ́ prumná
Vocative	πρῠμνέ prumné	πρῠμνή prumnḗ	πρῠμνόν prumnón	πρῠμνώ prumnṓ	πρῠμνᾱ́ prumnā́	πρῠμνώ prumnṓ	πρῠμνοί prumnoí	πρῠμναί prumnaí	πρῠμνᾰ́ prumná
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	πρῠμνῶς prumnôs			πρῠμνότερος prumnóteros			πρῠμνότᾰτος prumnótatos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

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

“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, →ISBN, 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, →ISBN, pages 1242-1243