πρυτανεῖον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. πρῠτᾰν-ήϊον (also βρυτανεῖον, <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 183.15 (Crete, iii B.C.), cf. Sch.<span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>11.1</span>, and <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> v. [[πρυτανεύω]]), τό, <b class="b2">the magistrates' hall, town hall</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.146</span>, <span class="bibl">3.57</span>, <span class="bibl">7.197</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>125</span>, <span class="bibl">Th. 2.15</span>, <span class="bibl">D.19.32</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν πρυτανείῳ δειπνεῖν, σιτεῖσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1084</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ap.</span>36d</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.77.4,13; ἐπὶ δεῖπνον εἰς τὸ π. καλεῖν τινα <span class="bibl">D.50.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1404</span>; <b class="b3">καλέσαι ἐπὶ ξένια εἰς πρυτανεῖον</b> prob. in <span class="title">IG</span>12.19; εἰς π. ἐκάλεσα <span class="bibl">D.19.234</span>; <b class="b3">οὗ γὰρ μὴ τίθενται συμβολαί, π. ταῦτα πάντα προσαγορεύεται</b> are called [[free tables]], <span class="bibl">Timocl.8.18</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>4 (Cyzicus, vi B.C.): metaph., τῆς Ἑλλάδος αὐτὸ τὸ π. τῆς σοφίας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>337d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theopomp.Hist.267</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">a law-court</b> at Athens, <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπὶ πρυτανείῳ δικαστήριον, οἱ ἐκ πρυτανείου καταδικασθέντες</b>, <span class="bibl">D.23.76</span>, Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">And.1.78</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span>19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">πρυτανεῖα, τά</b>, [[sum deposited by each party to a lawsuit before the suit began]], <b class="b3">π. τιθέναι, κατατιθέναι</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.22.33, 28.5, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1136</span>, <span class="bibl">1180</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>659</span>, etc.; ἄνευ πρυτανείων <span class="title">IG</span>12.3.29; <b class="b3">π. τιθέτω ὁ διώκων τοῦ αὑτοῦ μέρους</b> Lex ap. <span class="bibl">D.43.71</span>; <b class="b3">ἵν' αἱ θέσεις γίγνοιντο τῇ νουμηνίᾳ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τῶν πρυτανείων</b>) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 1191</span>; <b class="b3">δέχεσθαι τὰ π</b>. to receive [[this deposit]], i.e. to allow the action to be brought, ib.<span class="bibl">1197</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἐκτίνειν</b> to pay [[this deposit]], <span class="bibl">D.47.64</span>.</span>