πρυτανεῖον
τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant
English (LSJ)
Ion. πρῠτᾰν-ήϊον (also βρυτανεῖον, Schwyzer 183.15 (Crete, iii B.C.), cf. Sch.Pi.N.11.1, and
A v. πρυτανεύω), τό, the magistrates' hall, town hall, Hdt.1.146, 3.57, 7.197, Ar.Ach.125, Th. 2.15, D.19.32, etc.; ἐν πρυτανείῳ δειπνεῖν, σιτεῖσθαι, Ar.Pax1084, Pl. Ap.36d, cf. IG12.77.4,13; ἐπὶ δεῖπνον εἰς τὸ π. καλεῖν τινα D.50.13, Aeschin.2.46, cf. Ar.Eq.1404; καλέσαι ἐπὶ ξένια εἰς πρυτανεῖον prob. in IG12.19; εἰς π. ἐκάλεσα D.19.234; οὗ γὰρ μὴ τίθενται συμβολαί, π. ταῦτα πάντα προσαγορεύεται are called free tables, Timocl.8.18, cf. SIG4 (Cyzicus, vi B.C.): metaph., τῆς Ἑλλάδος αὐτὸ τὸ π. τῆς σοφίας Pl.Prt.337d, cf. Theopomp.Hist.267. II a law-court at Athens, τὸ ἐπὶ πρυτανείῳ δικαστήριον, οἱ ἐκ πρυτανείου καταδικασθέντες, D.23.76, Decr. ap. And.1.78, cf. Plu.Sol.19. 2 πρυτανεῖα, τά, sum deposited by each party to a lawsuit before the suit began, π. τιθέναι, κατατιθέναι, IG12.22.33, 28.5, cf. Ar.Nu.1136, 1180, V.659, etc.; ἄνευ πρυτανείων IG12.3.29; π. τιθέτω ὁ διώκων τοῦ αὑτοῦ μέρους Lex ap. D.43.71; ἵν' αἱ θέσεις γίγνοιντο τῇ νουμηνίᾳ (sc. τῶν πρυτανείων) Ar.Nu. 1191; δέχεσθαι τὰ π. to receive this deposit, i.e. to allow the action to be brought, ib.1197; π. ἐκτίνειν to pay this deposit, D.47.64.
