πρέμνον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bottom of the trunk of a tree, stump</b>: generally, [[stem]], [[trunk]], h.Merc.238, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Lys.</span>267</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.7.19</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>19.13</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[enlarged bark]] of the stem of the olive, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.8.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[base]] or [[bottom]] of a pillar, πρέμνα χθόνια <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>88.4</span>; of a [[trunk]] artery, Gal.5.189, 659: metaph., πρέμνον πράγματος πελωρίου <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>321</span>; <b class="b3">Ἀρετῆς π</b>. the [[trunk]] of the tree Virtue, <span class="bibl">Q.S.14.197</span>; of a woman, <b class="b3">τὴν ἀρετῆς πινυτὴν… πρέμνον</b> dub. in <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>416 (Alexandria).</span>