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[618] πρυμνόν, probably an adv., by the root, see note on E 339. Düntzer conj. “πρυμνούς”, which comes to the same thing. The word conveys no clear sense if taken as an epithet of “δόρυ”, for the obvious meaning butt-end does not suit.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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