- προμνηστῖνοι
- προμνηστῖνοιGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `one by one, one after another' (φ 230), -αι (λ 233).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Formation like ἀγχιστ-ῖνος (s. ἄγχιστα), ἔνδῑνα (: ἔνδον); s. Meid IF 62, 274 n. 13. From a noun, approx. *πρόμνηστις `wooing' (: προ-μνάομαι `woo for smbody'), so prop. `belonging to wooing', after the ancient custom, to present several women one after another. Hoffmann RhM 56, 474f. -- To be rejected Forssman KZ 79, 2 6 ff. (cf. on πρυμνός).Page in Frisk: 2,599-600
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.