1. πρῷρα · prōira — Beekes
forepart of a ship, prow, bow
The corpus record
πρῷρ-α
prora
forepart of a ship, prow, bow
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Distribution
- Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
- Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 2 · 2.41/10k
- Philoctetes 2 · 2.27/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
- Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
- Acts 2 · 1.11/10k
- Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k
- Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
- Histories 7 · 0.38/10k
Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. πρῷρᾶ · prōira — Chantraine
quelques ex
3. πρῷρα · prōira — Frisk
(ion
4. πρῷρ-α · prōir-a — LSJ
forepart of a ship, prow
Attestations
- πρῴρης · prōirēs Odyssey 12.230
- πρῴραν · prōiran Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5342)
- πρῴρην · prōirēn Herodotus, Histories 1.194.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1374)
- πρῴρῃσι · prōirēisi Herodotus, Histories 3.37.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3141)
- πρῴρας · prōiras Herodotus, Histories 3.59.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3299)
- πρῴρας · prōiras Herodotus, Histories 7.100.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7634)
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