- πρυτανεύω
- πρῠτᾰν-εύω (also [full] βρυτανεύω, IG9(1).111 ([place name] Elatea), cf. πρυτανεῖον),A to be πρύτανις or president, hold sway, ἀθανάτοισι among them, h.Ap.68; so of God, Ph.2.595.2 to be chairman of a board, D.21.87; of a βουλή, POxy.2130.7 (iii A.D.), etc.II at Athens, hold the presidency, prop. of the tribe in order of πρυτανεία in βουλή and
ἐκκλησία, ἔτυχεν . . ἡ φυλὴ [Ἀντιοχὶς] πρυτανεύουσα Pl.Ap.32b
, cf. Grg.473e;Ἀκαμαντὶς ἐπρυτάνευε IG12.16
, Th.4.118, etc.: sts. of an individual member of the πρυτανεία, IG12.39.14, al., Antipho 6.45;οἱ τότε πρυτανεύσαντες And.1.46
.b generally, of the mover of a motion,ὁ πρυτανεύσας ταῦτα καὶ πείσας D.15.3
.2 π. περὶ εἰρήνης put the question on a motion for peace, this being the duty of the Prytanes, Ar.Ach.60;εἰρήνην πρυτανεῦσαι Isoc.4.121
: hence,3 π. τινὶ εἰρήνην obtain peace for another, Luc.Demon.9, cf. PStrassb.5.8 ([voice] Pass., iii A.D.);φιλίαν τισί D.C.46.11
;πᾶσι τὰ ἀγαθά Aristid.Or.26(14).109
; [αἱ Πλειάδες] τὸ ἔαρ ἡμῖν π. herald the spring, Procop.Gaz.p.141 B.III generally, control, regulate, joined with διοικεῖν, D.5.6:—[voice] Pass., πρυτανεύεσθαι παρά τινος to suffer oneself to be guided by one, Id.9.60.2 metaph., δεῖπνον χαριέντως πεπρυτανευμένον served daintily, Alex.110.4; of persons, to be entertained,χορηγίᾳ βασιλικῇ Plu.2.602a
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