πρέμνον
Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
English (LSJ)
τό,
A bottom of the trunk of a tree, stump: generally, stem, trunk, h.Merc.238, Ar. Lys.267, Lys.7.19, X.Oec.19.13, etc. 2 enlarged bark of the stem of the olive, Thphr.HP1.8.6. II base or bottom of a pillar, πρέμνα χθόνια Pi.Fr.88.4; of a trunk artery, Gal.5.189, 659: metaph., πρέμνον πράγματος πελωρίου Ar.Av.321; Ἀρετῆς π. the trunk of the tree Virtue, Q.S.14.197; of a woman, τὴν ἀρετῆς πινυτὴν . . πρέμνον dub. in Epigr.Gr.416 (Alexandria).
German (Pape)
[Seite 697] τό (vgl. πρυμνός), das äußerste od. unterste Stammende des Baumes, Stammende; Ar. Lys. 267; übertr., πράγματος, Av. 321; ταμέειν πρέμνον δρυός, Ap. Rh. 2, 479; u. in Prosa: Xen. Oec. 19, 13; τὰ πρέμνα ἐκτέμνειν, Lyz. 7, 19; Pol. 18, 1, 6; Baumstumpf, wie H. h. Merc. 238. – Uebh. Grundlage, Fundament, ἀρετῆς, Qu. Sm. 14, 196.
