- πρηνής
- πρηνήςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `leaning forward, headlong, inclined, steep' (ep. Ion. poet. Il., Arist.).Other forms: πρᾱνής (X. a.o.).Compounds: Also κατα-, προ-, ἐπι- πρηνής (cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 77ff.).Derivatives: πρην-ίζω, aor. -ίξαι, also w. ἀπο-, κατα-, `to throw head over heels, to throw down, to destroy' (hell.); rare -όω, also w. κατα-, `id.' (AP, H.); to this (as backformation?) πρανόν τὸ κατωφερές, πρανές H.Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [47] *h₂en-os? `face'Etymology: Not to be seprated from ἀπ-, προσ-ηνής; so it may contain a subst. *ἦνος, *ἆνος n. `face' (cf. Lat. prae-ceps); s. ἀπηνής w. lit. Diff. Bechtel Lex. with Pott: to Lat. prōnus (against this W.-Hofmann s.v.). Older lit. in Bq. -- The Ion. form πρηνής has persevered because of ἀπ-, προσ-, and also σαφ-ηνής in later language (Schwyzer 189).Page in Frisk: 2,594
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.