prytaneum
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prўtănēum, ī, n. (πρυτανεῖον), prytanée, résidence des prytanes : Cic. de Or. 1, 232 ; Liv. 41, 21. prytanium Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 119.
Latin > German (Georges)
prytanēum (prytanīum, prytanaeum), ēī, n. (πρυτανειον), das Stadthaus in den griechischen Städten, wo die prytanes sich versammelten und speisten, und wo auch verdienten Männern auf Lebenszeit Unterhalt gegeben wurde, das Prytaneum, in Athen, Cic. de or. 1, 232: in Syrakus, Cic. Verr. 4, 119 M (prytanium): in Cyz kus, Liv. 41, 20, 7. Plin. 36, 99: in Regium in Kalabrien, Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 6 (wo prytanaeum).
