πρυμνήσια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πρυμνήσι’ (prumnḗsi’) — apocopic

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prym.nɛ̌ː.si.a/ → /prymˈni.si.a/ → /primˈni.si.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prym.nɛ̌ː.si.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /prymˈne̝.si.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /prymˈni.si.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /prymˈni.si.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /primˈni.si.a/

Adjective

πρυμνήσῐᾰ • (prumnḗsia)

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural of πρυμνήσῐος (prumnḗsios)

Noun

πρυμνήσῐᾰ • (prumnḗsia) n pl (genitive πρυμνησίων); second declension

1. (plural only) stern-cables, mooring cables

Declension

Second declension of πρυμνήσῐᾰ; πρυμνησῐ́ων (Epic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	πρυμνήσῐᾰ prumnḗsia
Genitive	πρυμνησῐ́ων prumnēsíōn
Dative	πρυμνησῐ́οισῐ / πρυμνησῐ́οισῐν / πρυμνησῐ́οις prumnēsíoisi(n) / prumnēsíois
Accusative	πρυμνήσῐᾰ prumnḗsia
Vocative	πρυμνήσῐᾰ prumnḗsia
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “πρυμνήσια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πρυμνήσια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πρυμνήσια in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πρυμνήσια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cable idem, page 108.
  • mooring cables idem, page 540.
  • rope idem, page 721.