πρέμν-ον,τό,
A. bottom of the trunk of a tree, stump: generally,stem, trunk,
h.Merc. 238 , Ar. Lys. 267 , Lys. 7.19 , X. Oec. 19.13 , etc.
2. enlarged barkof the stem of the olive, Thphr. HP 1.8.6 .
II. baseorbottomof a pillar, πρέμνα χθόνια
Pi. Fr. 88.4
; of atrunkartery, Gal. 5.189 , 659 : metaph., πρέμνον πράγματος πελωρίου
Ar. Av. 321
;Ἀρετῆς π.thetrunkof the tree Virtue, Q.S. 14.197 ; of a woman,τὴν ἀρετῆς πινυτὴν . . πρέμνονdub. in Epigr.Gr. 416 (Alexandria).