prytaneum

ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prytănēum: i, n., = πρυτανεῖον,
I the town-hall, a public building in some of the Grecian states, where the Prytanes assembled and dined, and where those who had done special service to the State were entertained at the public expense, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232; id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119; Liv. 41, 20.—Also in RHEGIVM, Inscr. Orell. 3838; in Cyzicum, Plin. 36, 15, 23, § 99.

prўtănēum, ī, n. (πρυτανεῖον), prytanée, résidence des prytanes : Cic. de Or. 1, 232 ; Liv. 41, 21. prytanium Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 119.