πρύμνα

See also: πρυμνά

Ancient Greek

Derived from πρυμνός (prumnós, “hindmost”), but with different accentuation.

πρύμνᾰ • (prúmna) f (genitive πρύμνης); first declension

(nautical) stern, poop
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 27:29 :
  φοβούμενοί τε μήπως εἰς τραχεῖς τόπους ἐκπέσωμεν, ἐκ πρύμνης ῥίψαντες ἀγκύρας τέσσαρας, ηὔχοντο ἡμέραν γενέσθαι.
  phoboúmenoí te mḗpōs eis trakheîs tópous ekpésōmen, ek prúmnēs rhípsantes ankúras téssaras, ēúkhonto hēméran genésthai.
  Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. (KJV)

First declension of ἡ πρῠ́μνᾰ; τῆς πρῠ́μνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πρῠ́μνᾰ hē prúmna	τὼ πρῠ́μνᾱ tṑ prúmnā	αἱ πρῠ́μναι hai prúmnai
Genitive	τῆς πρῠ́μνης tês prúmnēs	τοῖν πρῠ́μναιν toîn prúmnain	τῶν πρῠμνῶν tôn prumnôn
Dative	τῇ πρῠ́μνῃ têi prúmnēi	τοῖν πρῠ́μναιν toîn prúmnain	ταῖς πρῠ́μναις taîs prúmnais
Accusative	τὴν πρῠ́μνᾰν tḕn prúmnan	τὼ πρῠ́μνᾱ tṑ prúmnā	τᾱ̀ς πρῠ́μνᾱς tā̀s prúmnās
Vocative	πρῠ́μνᾰ prúmna	πρῠ́μνᾱ prúmnā	πρῠ́μναι prúmnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.