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Ion.πρυτανήιονουnπρύτανις prytaneion, town hallceremonial headquarters of a city, housing its sacred hearth and public dining-roomsPi. Hdt. Th. Theoc. Plb.pl. for sg.Hdt.oracle Call.specif., at Athens, a building on the Acropolis, rebuilt in the 5th C. BC, prob. on the north slope, where meals were offered to ambassadors, and to other individuals in gratitude for particular services, and where certain homicide trials were heldHdt. Ar. Att.orats. Pl.w.gen.of wisdom, fig.ref. to AthensPl.ref. to a hospitable person's housePlu. πρυτανεῖαωνn.pl court duessum paid to the state by litigants before a trial, in cases involving monetary claims, w. the losing party reimbursing his opponentAr. Att.orats. X.

ShortDef

the presidents’ hall, town-hall; (pl.) deposit for lawsuit

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Headword:

πρυτανεῖον

Headword (normalized):

πρυτανεῖον

Headword (normalized/stripped):

πρυτανειον

IDX:

35324

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-35325

Key:

πρυτανεῖον

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