Definitions for prytaneum

prytaneum pryt·a·ne·um

Spelling: [prit-n-ee-uh m]
IPA: /ˌprɪt nˈi əm/

Prytaneum is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 503 anagrams from letters in prytaneum (aemnprtuy).

Definitions for prytaneum

noun

  1. a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.

Origin of prytaneum

1590-1600; Latin prytanēum Greek prytaneîon, akin to prýtanis prince, ruler, chief

Examples for prytaneum

The Colacretae, who had done this work before, remained in authority over the internal expenses of the prytaneum.

The leaf was accordingly placed in a vessel of water, to preserve its freshness until Clinias returned from the prytaneum.

Here in the prytaneum (Rolland's life is full of such mystical word plays) the young man found a friend.

The proper reward is that I should be maintained in the prytaneum as a public benefactor.

A prytaneum in a Greek city was a building belonging to the community, on the altar of which was kept the ever-burning fire.

The court in the precincts of the prytaneum, to the north of the Acropolis, was only of ceremonial importance.

And if I am to estimate the penalty fairly, I should say that maintenance in the prytaneum is the just return.

And he took the Sappho from the prytaneum, the work of Silanion!

On the evening of the day of assembly a great banquet was held in the prytaneum, or Town-hall of Athens.

If Athenian, he was entitled to a place by the magistrates in the prytaneum; if a Spartan, to a prominent station in the field.

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