πρύτανις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=also πρότανις (q.v.), gen. εως, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[ruler]], [[lord]], π. κύριε . . ἀγυιᾶν καὶ στρατοῦ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.58</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">B.18.43</span>; <b class="b3">στεροπᾶν κεραυνῶν τε π</b>., of Zeus, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>6.24</span>; [[ἵππων]], of Poseidon, <span class="bibl">Stesich.49</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγορῆς π</b>., of Apollo, <span class="bibl">Simon.164</span>; <b class="b3">μακάρων π</b>., of Zeus, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>170</span> (anap.); Κρόνιε πρύτανι Φρύγιε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 1288</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">π. συμποσίων</b>, i.e. Dionysus, Ion Lyr.<span class="bibl">1.14</span>; <b class="b3">οἶνον . . ἀνθρώπων π</b>. Id.9.3; <b class="b3">δυσαμεριᾶν π</b>., of the Sphinx, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>236</span>; Ἡρόδοτον . . ἱστορίης πρύτανιν <span class="title">App.Anth.</span>2.21; <b class="b3">πλούτου καὶ σοφίης π</b>., of Periander, Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.L.1.97</span>; <b class="b3">π. ὕμνων</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἡ ᾠδή</b>) <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>80; <b class="b3">μούσης ὑψινόου π</b>. <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>440.10 (Batanaea); τέχνας ὁ π. πέλεκυς <span class="title">AP</span>6.205 (Leon.); <b class="b3">πρυτάνεις κόσμου</b>, of the stars, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Wi.</span>13.2</span>; <b class="b3">ὅρκος . . ἀληθείας γενόμενος ἡμῖν π</b>. <span class="bibl">Hierocl. <span class="title">in CA</span>2p.422M.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> at Athens, [[member of the tribe presiding in]] [[βουλή]] or ἐκκλησία, τοὺς πρυτάνεις τοὺς τότε πρυτανεύσαντας <span class="bibl">And.1.46</span>, etc.; in other states, οἱ π. οἱ πρυτανεύοντες τὸν μῆνα <span class="title">SIG</span>1015.19 (Halic.), cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12(3).169 (Astypalaea); at Calynda in Caria, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>341</span> ([[a]]).<span class="bibl">23</span> (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">πρυτάνεις τῶν ναυκράρων</b>, [[officials of the]] [[ναύκραροι]] (q.v.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in other Greek states title of a [[chief magistrate]], IG12(1).53,al. (Rhodes); in Lycia, <span class="bibl">Ephipp.5.19</span> (anap.); at Miletus, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1305a18</span>; as title of a [[chief priest]], ib.<span class="bibl">1322b29</span>: rarely of a woman, <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.1325 (Phocaea), <span class="title">CIG</span> 3953d (Trapezopolis). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> pl., title of a board of magistrates, <span class="title">SIG</span> 581.91 (Hierapytna. ii B.C.), 976.3 (Samos, ii B.C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> [[president]] of a council, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>77.2</span> (iii A.D.), etc.</span>