prytaneum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prytănēum, i, n., = πρυτανεῖον,

the town-hall , a public building in some of the Grecian states , where the Prytanes assembled and dined , and where those who had done special service to the State were entertained at the public expense , Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232; id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119; Liv. 41, 20.—Also in RHEGIVM, Inscr. Orell. 3838; in Cyzicum, Plin. 36, 15, 23, § 99.

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