πρῷρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ in nom. and acc. sg., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>716</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>482</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>726</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1563</span>, <span class="bibl">1582</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Or.</span>362</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>1134</span> (lyr.); nom. <b class="b3">πρῷρ'</b> with elision in <span class="title">IG</span>2.2836; acc. <b class="b3">πρῴρᾱν</b> is f.l. in <span class="bibl">A.R.1.372</span>; <b class="b3">πρῴρην</b> is found in codd. of <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.194</span>, <span class="bibl">7.180</span>], ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">forepart of a ship, prow</b>, εἰς ἴκρια νηὸς πρῴρης <span class="bibl">Od.12.230</span> (here prob. adjectival with <b class="b3">νηός</b>), cf. Hdt. ll.cc., etc.; <b class="b3">πνεῦμα τοὐκ πρῴρας</b> a contrary wind, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ πρύμναν</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 639</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">πρῷρα βιότου</b> <b class="b2">the prow</b> of life's vessel, i.e. early youth, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>103</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">ὦ πρῷρα λοιβῆς Ἑστία</b> <b class="b2">thou who art first entitled to</b> it, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>726</span>; <b class="b3">πάροιθεν πρῴρας . . καρδίας</b> before my heart's <b class="b2">prow</b>, in front of my heart, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>390</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">end</b> of a vinebranch, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>2.1.3</span> (cj. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CP</span>3.14.7</span>). (Written <b class="b3">πρώρρα</b> in <span class="bibl">Plb. 8.6.1</span>, al., but <b class="b3">πρωιρ-</b> in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.382.2</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <b class="b3">πρῳρατικός; κυανοπρωΐρους</b> [] is cited by <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>692.32</span> from Hom., and <b class="b3">κυανοπρώϊραν</b> from <span class="bibl">Simon.241</span>: hence <b class="b3">πρῷρα</b> is prob. contr. from a word of the form, but whether from <b class="b3">*πρώειρα</b>, as inferred by Hdn. Gr.<span class="bibl">2.410</span>, is doubtful; perh. from <b class="b3">*πρώαιρα</b>, cf. <b class="b3">νείαιρα; -πρωῑρ-</b> in Hom. and Simon. may have arisen by 'distraction' of the contracted form.)</span>