πρύμν-ᾰ,
accusative -ᾰν[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.50, +others, “PCair.Zen.” 54.8 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect πρύμνη (also in [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 482, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 399 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; both forms in [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.114 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus): ἡ:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —properly _feminine_ of πρυμνός (i.e. ναῦς), stern, poop, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus mostly πρύμνη νηῦς in full, νηῒ πάρα πρύμνῃ, νηὸς ἄπο πρύμνης, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.383, +others, 15.435; ἐπὶ πρύμνῃ.. νηΐ 11.600 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; νηῒ ἐνὶ π. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.417: _plural_, νηυσὶν ἔπι πρύμνῃσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.403; ἐπὶ π. νέεσσι 13.333; ἐπὶ πρύμνῃσιν (ναῦφι going before) 8.475 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but also τῆς (i.e. νηός) πρύμνη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.84, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 58a, 58c ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. alone, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.409, +others:—Phrases: πρύμνην ἀνακρούεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.84 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also metaphorically of a man, Ar.[same place]; χωρεῖν πρύμναν retire, draw back, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1120 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπείγει κατὰ πρύμναν, of a fair wind, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1451 (_anapaest meter_); κατὰ π. ἵσταται τὸ πνεῦμα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.97 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄγειν ἑαυτὴν ἐκ πρύμνης, metaphorically of the soul, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 400.—Ships were generally drawn up on land by the stern, [νῆας] πεδίονδε εἴρυσαν, αὐτὰρ τεῖχος ἐπὶ πρύμνῃσιν ἔδειμαν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.32; κατὰ πρύμνας καὶ ἀμφ᾽ ἅλα ἔλσαι Ἀχαιούς 1.409; πρύμνας λῦσαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 539. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]