ajnakrouvesqai to back a ship ( v. ajnakrouvw II ); so, cwrei`n pruvmnan to retire, draw back, Eur .; ejpeivgei kata; pruvmnan , of a fair wind, Soph. ; kata; pr. i{statai to; pneu`ma Thuc .—Ships were fastened or drawn up on land by the stern, Il.: hence, pruvmna" lu`sai Eur .; cf. prumnhvsio" .
2.
metaph.
of
the vessel
of the State,
Aesch.
II.
generally
the bottom,
pr. [Ossa"
the foot
of mount Ossa,
Eur.
prumnai`o"
prumnai`o" , a, on , of a ship-stern, Anth.
Prumneuv"
Prumneuv" , oJ , Steersman, name of a Phaeacian, Od.
pruvmnh
pruvmnh , Ion. for pruvmna .
pruvmnhqen , Dor. -a<Eth>qen , Adv. of pruvmnh , from the stern, Il., Aesch. , Eur.
prumnhvsio"
prumnhvsio" , a, on , ( pruvmna ) of or from a ships stern, kavlw" Eur .: —neut. pl. prumnhvsia ( sc. desmav ) sterncables, Lat. retinacula navis , Hom.
prumnhvth"
prumnhvth" , ou, oJ , ( pruvmna ) the steersman: — metaph. , cwvra" pr. a[nax ‘ the pilot’ of the State, Aesch.
II. as masc. Adj. = prumnhvsio", pr. kavlw" Eur.
prumnovqen
prumnovqen , ( prumnovn ) Adv. from the bottom, hence like Lat. funditus , utterly, root and branch, Aesch.
prumnovn
prumnovn , tov , the lower part, end, Il.; prumnoi`" ajgora`" e[pi at the far end of the agora, Pind.
prumnov"
prumnov" , hv, ovn , Ep. Adj. the hindmost, undermost, end-most: in Hom. always of the end of the limb next the body, the root, prumno;" bracivwn, prumnh; glw`ssa , etc. ; so, prumnh;n u{lhn ejktavmnein to cut off the wood at the root, Il.; dovru prumnovn the part of a spear-head where it joins the shaft, Ib.; la`a" prumno;" pacuv" a stone broad at base, opp. to u{perqen ojxuv" (which follows), Ib.; Sup. prumnovtato" Od.:—for pruvmnh nau`" , v. pruvmna . (Deriv. uncertain.)
prumnou`co"
prumn-ou`co" , on , ( e[cw ) holding the ships stern, Anth.
II. detaining the ships (because they were anchored by the stern), Au\li" Eur.
prumnwvreia
prumn-wvreia , hJ , ( o[ro" ) the foot of a mountain, Il.