πρυτανεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(also βρυτανεύω, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).111 (Elatea), cf. [[πρυτανεῖον]]), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> to [[be]] [[πρύτανις]] or [[president]], [[hold sway]], [[ἀθανάτοισι]] [[among]] them, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>68</span>; so of God, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.595</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be chairman]] of a board, <span class="bibl">D.21.87</span>; of a [[βουλή]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>2130.7</span> (iii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> at Athens, [[hold the presidency]], prop. of the tribe in order of [[πρυτανεία]] in [[βουλή]] and ἐκκλησία, ἔτυχεν . . ἡ φυλὴ [Ἀντιοχὶς] πρυτανεύουσα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>32b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>473e</span>; Ἀκαμαντὶς ἐπρυτάνευε <span class="title">IG</span>12.16, <span class="bibl">Th.4.118</span>, etc.: sts. of an individual member of the [[πρυτανεία]], <span class="title">IG</span>12.39.14, al., <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.45</span>; οἱ τότε πρυτανεύσαντες <span class="bibl">And.1.46</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> generally, of the [[mover]] of a motion, ὁ πρυτανεύσας ταῦτα καὶ πείσας <span class="bibl">D.15.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">π. περὶ εἰρήνης</b> [[put the question on a motion for]] peace, this being the duty of the Prytanes, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>60</span>; εἰρήνην πρυτανεῦσαι <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.121</span>: hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">π. τινὶ εἰρήνην</b> [[obtain]] peace for another, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Demon.</span>9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PStrassb.</span>5.8</span> (Pass., iii A.D.); φιλίαν τισί <span class="bibl">D.C.46.11</span>; πᾶσι τὰ ἀγαθά <span class="bibl">Aristid.<span class="title">Or.</span>26(14).109</span>; [<b class="b3">αἱ Πλειάδες] τὸ ἔαρ ἡμῖν π</b>. [[herald]] the spring, Procop.Gaz.<span class="bibl">p.141</span> B. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> generally, [[control]], [[regulate]], joined with [[διοικεῖν]], <span class="bibl">D.5.6</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">πρυτανεύεσθαι παρά τινος</b> [[to suffer oneself to be guided]] by one, <span class="bibl">Id.9.60</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">δεῖπνον χαριέντως πεπρυτανευμένον</b> [[served]] daintily, <span class="bibl">Alex.110.4</span>; of persons, to [[be entertained]], χορηγίᾳ βασιλικῇ Plu.2.602a.</span>