prytaneum
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of prytaneum
1590–1600; < Latin prytanēum < Greek prytaneîon, akin to prýtanis prince, ruler, chief
Example Sentences
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And no spoon may be brought into the prytaneum.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
A prytaneum in a Greek city was a building belonging to the community, on the altar of which was kept the ever-burning fire.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Stewart, Aubrey
No Greek or Roman army crossed the frontier without carrying an altar where the fire taken from the prytaneum burned night and day.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
It was after one of these fruitless debates that Democrates passed out of the gathering at the Corinthian prytaneum, with his colleagues all breathing forth their wrath against Dorian stupidity and evasiveness.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
Another peculiarity of Solon's laws was the public dining-table in the prytaneum.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey
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