πρυτανεῖον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[πρυτανήϊον]] (also [[βρυτανεῖον]], ''Schwyzer'' 183.15 (Crete, iii B.C.), cf. Sch.Pi.''N.''11.1, and<br><span class="bld">A</span> v. [[πρυτανεύω]]), τό, the [[magistrate]]s' [[hall]], [[town hall]], Hdt.1.146, 3.57, 7.197, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''125, Th. 2.15, D.19.32, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν πρυτανείῳ δειπνεῖν, σιτεῖσθαι</b>, Ar.''Pax''1084, Pl. ''Ap.''36d, cf. ''IG''12.77.4,13; ἐπὶ δεῖπνον εἰς τὸ π. καλεῖν τινα D.50.13, Aeschin.2.46, cf. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1404; <b class="b3">καλέσαι ἐπὶ ξένια εἰς πρυτανεῖον</b> prob. in ''IG''12.19; εἰς π. ἐκάλεσα D.19.234; <b class="b3">οὗ γὰρ μὴ τίθενται συμβολαί, πρυτανεῖα ταῦτα πάντα προσαγορεύεται</b> = because anywhere that no contribution to the dinner expenses is required deserves to be called a prytaneion / are called [[free]] [[table]]s, Timocl.8.18, cf. ''SIG''4 (Cyzicus, vi B.C.): metaph., τῆς Ἑλλάδος αὐτὸ τὸ πρυτανεῖον τῆς σοφίας [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 337d, cf. Theopomp.Hist.267.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a [[law]]-[[court]] at [[Athens]], <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπὶ πρυτανείῳ δικαστήριον, οἱ ἐκ πρυτανείου καταδικασθέντες</b>, D.23.76, Decr. ap. And.1.78, cf. Plu.''Sol.''19.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[πρυτανεῖα]], τά, [[sum]] [[deposit]]ed by each [[party]] to a [[lawsuit]] before the [[suit]] began, [[πρυτανεῖα]] [[τιθέναι]], [[πρυτανεῖα]] [[κατατιθέναι]], ''IG''12.22.33, 28.5, cf. Ar.''Nu.''1136, 1180, ''V.''659, etc.; ἄνευ πρυτανείων ''IG''12.3.29; <b class="b3">πρυτανεῖα δὲ τιθέτω ὁ διώκων τοῦ αὑτοῦ μέρους</b> Lex ap. D.43.71; <b class="b3">ἵν' αἱ θέσεις γίγνοιντο τῇ νουμηνίᾳ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τῶν πρυτανείων</b>) Ar.''Nu.'' 1191; [[δέχεσθαι]] τὰ [[πρυτανεῖα]] = to [[receive]] this [[deposit]], i.e. to [[allow]] the [[action]] to be brought, ib.1197; [[πρυτανεῖα]] [[ἐκτίνειν]] = to [[pay]] this [[deposit]], D.47.64.