τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
prytănes: or prytănis, is, m., = πρύτανις,
I one of the chief magistrates in some of the Grecian States, Sen. Tranq. 4, 5; acc. prytanin, Liv. 42, 45, 4.