bottom of the trunk of a tree, stump
Ancient Greek word, found 30 times in the texts on Socratos.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.479: μὴ ταμέειν πρέμνον δρυὸς ἥλικος, ᾗ ἔπι πουλὺν
Homeric Hymns, Hymn 4 to Hermes 238: πρέμνων ἀνθρακιὴν ὕλης σποδὸς ἀμφικαλύπτει,
Aristophanes, Lysistrata 267: ὅπως ἄν, αὐταῖς ἐν κύκλῳ θέντες τὰ πρέμνα ταυτί,
All forms of πρέμνον