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|etymtx=-εως<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: des. of a leading official, in Athens member of the governing committee of the council, <b class="b2">foreman, chief of affairs, prytan</b> (Dor. IA.); also name of a Lycian (Ε 678).<br />Other forms: Aeol. <b class="b3">πρό-</b>.<br />Compounds: Some compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ναυ-πρύτανις</b> = <b class="b3">ναύαρχος</b> (Pi.).<br />Derivatives: 1. Adj. <b class="b3">πρυταν-ικός</b> (IA. inscr.), <b class="b3">-ειος</b> (Aristid.) <b class="b2">belonging to p.</b>; 2. subst. <b class="b3">-εῖον</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-ήϊον</b> n. <b class="b2">residence of p., city hall</b> (IA.), in Athens also name of a (judicial) court; <b class="b3">τὰ πρυτανεῖα</b> <b class="b2">legal costs</b> (Att.); here <b class="b3">Πρυταν-ῖτις</b> (Herm. Hist.), <b class="b3">-εία</b> (Syros) f. surn. of <b class="b3">Ἐστία</b> <b class="b2">as protectress of the Prytaneion (cf. Redard 212); 3. Verb πρυταν-εύω `to be P., to lead something</b> (h. Ap. 68) with <b class="b3">-εία</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-ηΐη</b> f. <b class="b2">(term of) office of a p.</b> (IA., Rhodes etc.), <b class="b3">-ευμα</b> = Lat. [[principatus]] (epigr. Ia), <b class="b3">-εύς</b> m. = <b class="b3">πρύτανις</b> (Rhodos; backformation, Bosshardt 77).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Cognate with the Etruscan title of an official [[purʮne]], [[eprʮni]], <b class="b3">πρύτανις</b> belongs undoubtedly to the Anatolian-Aegaean element of the Greek constitutional terminology (cf. <b class="b3">βασιλεύς</b>, <b class="b3">ἄναξ</b>, <b class="b3">τύραννος</b> and Schwyzer 62 a. 462). The Aeol. byform <b class="b3">πρότανις</b> (Att. inscr. incid. <b class="b3">προταν-εύω</b>, <b class="b3">-εία</b>) can, like Phoc. a. Cret. <b class="b3">βρυτανεύω</b>, <b class="b3">-εῖον</b>, represent the uncertain pronunciation of a foreign word (but it may also go back on popular association wih <b class="b3">πρό</b> <b class="b2">in front</b>). Earlier (s. Curtius 283 w. older lit., WP. 2, 36; also Schwyzer-Debrunner 505) considered as IE, with <b class="b3">πρυ-</b> as old byform of <b class="b3">προ</b>; here further <b class="b3">διαπρύσιος</b>, <b class="b3">πρυμνός</b>, <b class="b3">πρυλέες</b>. -- For Pre-Gr.-IE origin Heubeck Praegraeca 67f.; cf also Linderski Glotta 40, 157 ff., who tries to connect also Hatt. [[puri]] [[lord]]. | |etymtx=-εως<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: des. of a leading official, in Athens member of the governing committee of the council, <b class="b2">foreman, chief of affairs, prytan</b> (Dor. IA.); also name of a Lycian (Ε 678).<br />Other forms: Aeol. <b class="b3">πρό-</b>.<br />Compounds: Some compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ναυ-πρύτανις</b> = <b class="b3">ναύαρχος</b> (Pi.).<br />Derivatives: 1. Adj. <b class="b3">πρυταν-ικός</b> (IA. inscr.), <b class="b3">-ειος</b> (Aristid.) <b class="b2">belonging to p.</b>; 2. subst. <b class="b3">-εῖον</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-ήϊον</b> n. <b class="b2">residence of p., city hall</b> (IA.), in Athens also name of a (judicial) court; <b class="b3">τὰ πρυτανεῖα</b> <b class="b2">legal costs</b> (Att.); here <b class="b3">Πρυταν-ῖτις</b> (Herm. Hist.), <b class="b3">-εία</b> (Syros) f. surn. of <b class="b3">Ἐστία</b> <b class="b2">as protectress of the Prytaneion (cf. Redard 212); 3. Verb πρυταν-εύω `to be P., to lead something</b> (h. Ap. 68) with <b class="b3">-εία</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-ηΐη</b> f. <b class="b2">(term of) office of a p.</b> (IA., Rhodes etc.), <b class="b3">-ευμα</b> = Lat. [[principatus]] (epigr. Ia), <b class="b3">-εύς</b> m. = <b class="b3">πρύτανις</b> (Rhodos; backformation, Bosshardt 77).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Cognate with the Etruscan title of an official [[purʮne]], [[eprʮni]], <b class="b3">πρύτανις</b> belongs undoubtedly to the Anatolian-Aegaean element of the Greek constitutional terminology (cf. <b class="b3">βασιλεύς</b>, <b class="b3">ἄναξ</b>, <b class="b3">τύραννος</b> and Schwyzer 62 a. 462). The Aeol. byform <b class="b3">πρότανις</b> (Att. inscr. incid. <b class="b3">προταν-εύω</b>, <b class="b3">-εία</b>) can, like Phoc. a. Cret. <b class="b3">βρυτανεύω</b>, <b class="b3">-εῖον</b>, represent the uncertain pronunciation of a foreign word (but it may also go back on popular association wih <b class="b3">πρό</b> <b class="b2">in front</b>). Earlier (s. Curtius 283 w. older lit., WP. 2, 36; also Schwyzer-Debrunner 505) considered as IE, with <b class="b3">πρυ-</b> as old byform of <b class="b3">προ</b>; here further <b class="b3">διαπρύσιος</b>, <b class="b3">πρυμνός</b>, <b class="b3">πρυλέες</b>. -- For Pre-Gr.-IE origin Heubeck Praegraeca 67f.; cf also Linderski Glotta 40, 157 ff., who tries to connect also Hatt. [[puri]] [[lord]]. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[prob. from πρό]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[prince]], [[ruler]], [[lord]], [[chief]], of [[Hiero]], Pind.; of [[Zeus]], Pind., Aesch.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> at [[Athens]], a [[Prytanis]] or President: the πρυτάνεις were a [[committee]] of 50, [[chosen]] by lot from [[each]] of the 10 φυλαί, so that [[each]] set formed 1/10 [[part]] of the [[βουλή]] or Council of 500; out of these 50 πρυτάνεις one was [[chosen]] by lot as [[chief]]-[[president]] (ἐπιστάτησ); he chose 9 πρόεδροι; and the [[real]] [[business]] was in the hands of [[this]] smaller [[body]], with a [[secretary]] (γραμματεύσ) added.—The [[φυλή]] [[which]] [[first]] entered [[office]] [[every]] [[year]] was [[determined]] by lot; and [[their]] [[term]] of [[office]] (πρυτανείἀ was [[about]] [[five]] weeks. During [[this]] [[time]] all treaties and [[public]] acts ran in [[their]] [[name]], in [[this]] [[form]]: Ἀκαμαντὶς [φυλὴ] ἐπρυτάνευε, Φαίνιππος ἐγραμμάτευε, Νικιάδης ἐπεστάτει the Tribe [[Acamantis]] were the Presidency, Phaenippus the Secretary, Niciades the Chief-[[president]], Thuc. | |||
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