πρῷρα: Difference between revisions

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