πρύμνα, πρύμνης, ἡ (feminine of the adjective πρυμνός, πρύμνῃ, πρυμνόν, last, hindmost; used substantively with recessive accent; (cf. Winers Grammar, 22)), from Homer down, the stern or hinder part of a ship: Mar_4:38; Act_27:29; opposed to πρῷρα, Act_27:41.

πρύμνα prym na 3x the hinder part of a vessel, stern, Mar_4:38 ; Act_27:29 ; Act_27:41

* πρόμνα , -ης , ἡ , prop . fem. of adj. πρύμνο , -η , -ον , ( sc . ναῦς ), the hindmost part of a ship, the stern: Mar_4:38 , Act_27:29 ; opp . to πρῷρα , Act_27:41 .†

πρύμνα [page 556] stern. In P Cairo Zen I. 59054 .8 (B.C. 257) a boat (κέρκουρος ) is described as τοῦ ἄκ̣ρου συνοξῦναι τοῦ περὶ τὴν πρ̣ύμναν πλάτος πήχ̣εις β̄„, being two and a half cubits broad at the narrow end round the stern (Ed.). The same document shows us the adj. πρυμνητικός bis . For πρύμνα opposed to πρω̣ρα , cf. P Mon I. 4 .12 (A.D. 581) ἀπὸ πρώρας μέχρι πρύμνης , from prow to stern.

πρύμνα πρύμνα, ης, ἡ, [Etym: fem. of πρυμνός ] (sub. ναῦς) "the hindmost part of a ship, the stern, poop", Lat. puppis, Hom. , etc.; he sometimes has it in full, νηὶ πάρα πρύμνῃ, ἐπὶ πρύμνῃ νηί, νηὶ ἐνὶ πρ., and in pl., νηυσὶν ἔπι πρύμνῃσι; though he also has πρύμνη νηός Od. :— ἐπὶ πρύμνην ἀνακρούεσθαι to back a ship (v. ἀνακρούω II); so, χωρεῖν πρύμναν "to retire, draw back", Eur. ; ἐπείγει κατὰ πρύμναν, of a fair wind, Soph. ; κατὰ πρ. ἵσταται τὸ πνεῦμα Thuc. —Ships were fastened or drawn up on land by the stern, Il. : hence, πρύμνας λῦσαι Eur. ; cf. πρυμνήσιος. metaph. of "the vessel" of the State, Aesch. generally "the bottom", πρ. Ὄσσας "the foot" of mount Ossa, Eur.

πρύμνα, -ης, ἡ prop. fem. of adj. πρύμνο, -η, -ον, (sc. ναῦς), the hindmost part of a ship, the stern: Mrk.4:38, Act.27:29; opposite to πρῷρα, Act.27:41.† (AS)