In view of the close resemblance to Etruscan 𐌐𐌖𐌓𐌈𐌍𐌄 (purθne, “title of an official”), this word probably belongs to the Anatolian-Aegean stratum of social designations (compare ἄναξ (ánax), βασιλεύς (basileús) and τύραννος (túrannos)); attested with a Hittite suffix -uri (meaning “great, grand” in titles like in grand vizier) in an Ugaritic text as (ḫupurtanuri), likely passed as *οπορτανις (*oportanis) / *οπυρτανις (*opurtanis) and clipped with the first syllable interpreted as the Greek article and then modified by secondary association with πρό (pró, “before”).
πρῠ́τᾰνῐς • (prútanis) m (genitive πρῠτᾰ́νεως); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ πρῠ́τᾰνῐς ho prútanis |
τὼ πρῠτᾰ́νει tṑ prutánei |
οἱ πρῠτᾰ́νεις hoi prutáneis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πρῠτᾰ́νεως toû prutáneōs |
τοῖν πρῠτᾰνέοιν toîn prutanéoin |
τῶν πρῠτᾰ́νεων tôn prutáneōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πρῠτᾰ́νει tôi prutánei |
τοῖν πρῠτᾰνέοιν toîn prutanéoin |
τοῖς πρῠτᾰ́νεσῐ / πρῠτᾰ́νεσῐν toîs prutánesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πρῠ́τᾰνῐν tòn prútanin |
τὼ πρῠτᾰ́νει tṑ prutánei |
τοὺς πρῠτᾰ́νεις toùs prutáneis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πρῠ́τᾰνῐ prútani |
πρῠτᾰ́νει prutánei |
πρῠτᾰ́νεις prutáneis | ||||||||||
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