πρῷρα: Difference between revisions

|Beta Code=prw=|ra

|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. [[πρῴρᾱν]] is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in <span class="bibl">A.R.1.372</span>; [[πρῴρην]] is found in codd. of <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.194</span>, <span class="bibl">7.180</span>], ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[forepart of a ship]], [[prow]], εἰς ἴκρια νηὸς πρῴρης <span class="bibl">Od.12.230</span> (here prob. adjectival with [[νηός]]), 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"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">πρῷρα βιότου</b> [[the prow]] 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> [[thou who art first entitled to]] it, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>726</span>; <b class="b3">πάροιθεν πρῴρας . . καρδίας</b> before my heart's [[prow]], in front of my heart, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>390</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[end]] 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 [[πρώρρα]] 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 [[κυανοπρώϊραν]] from <span class="bibl">Simon.241</span>: hence [[πρῷρα]] 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; perhaps 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>

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|lstext='''πρῷρα''': ἡ, (οὐχὶ πρώρα, [[διότι]] [[εἶναι]] συνῃρ. ἐκ τοῦ πρώειρα, καὶ [[Δωρικός]] τις [[τύπος]] [[πρώιρα]] ἀπαντᾷ παρὰ Σιμωνίδ. 32, πρβλ. Δινδ. εἰς Σοφ. Φοιν. 482), ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. σελ. η΄)· - τοὺς τύπους πρῴρη, πρῴρην ἀποδοκιμάζει παρ’ Ἡροδ. ὁ Δινδ. de Dial. Hdt. xi· ἐξ ἴσου δὲ [[ἡμαρτημένως]] ἔχουσιν οἱ τύποι πρῴρᾱ, πρῴρᾱν, [[συχνάκις]] ἀπαντῶντες ἐν ἐκδόσεσι τῶν πεζῶν συγγραφέων, [[καθότι]] ὁ [[τύπος]] πρῷρᾰ ἔχει βεβαιωθῇ ἐκ τῆς χρήσεως τῶν ποιητῶν: (πρό). Ὡς καὶ νῦν, τὸ πρόσθιον [[μέρος]] πλοίου, κοινῶς «πλῴρη», Λατιν. prora, εἰς [[ἴκρια]] νηὸς ἔβαινον πρῴρης Ὀδ. Μ. 230· συχν. παρ’ Ἡροδ. καὶ τοῖς Ἀττικ.· [[πνεῦμα]] [[τοὐκ]] πρῴρας, [[ἐναντίος]] [[ἄνεμος]], ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τὸ κατὰ πρύμναν, Σοφ. Φιλ. 639. 2) μεταφορ., [[πρῷρα]] βιότου, ἡ [[πρῷρα]] τοῦ πλοίου τοῦ βίου, δηλ. ἡ πρώτη [[νεότης]], Εὐρ. Τρῳ. 103· ὦ [[πρῷρα]] λοιβῆς Ἑστία, ἡ πρώτη ἔχουσα δικαιώματα σπονδῆς, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 650b· πάροιθεν πρῴρας… καρδίας, [[ἔμπροσθεν]] τῆς καρδίας μου, Αἰσχύλ. Χο. 390· ([[ἐντεῦθεν]] τὰ σύνθετα καλλίπρῷρος, [[βούπρῳρος]], κτλ·).

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