prytaneumn.

Brit.

/ˌprɪtᵻˈniːəm/, U.S.

/ˌprɪdəˈniəm/

Inflections: Plural prytaneia, prytaneums.

Forms: 1600s 1800s– prytaneion, 1500s– prytaneum, 1600s– prytanaeum, 1800s prytaneium. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin prytanēum; Greek πρυτανεῖον.

Etymology: < classical Latin prytanēum and its etymon ancient Greek πρυτανεῖον public hall of a Greek state or city < πρύτανις prytanis n. + -εῖον, suffix forming nouns. Compare Middle French, French prytanée (1556).

Ancient Greek History.

1. The public hall of a Greek state or city, in which a sacred fire was kept burning; esp. (in ancient Athens) the hall in which distinguished citizens, foreign ambassadors, etc., were entertained at public expense.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] > other spec.

hallc1302

prytaneum1577

praetorium?1586

Roman bath1680

Colosseum1809

kursaal1850

scuola1851

culture centre1890

cultural centre1891

club1896

1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. F A Citizen of Athens..so feruently raged in fleshly lust towardes an image of good fortune, standing at the Prytaneum of Athens, that most oftentimes he louingly imbraced it.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xli. 1108 At Cizicum, he gave freely to the Prytaneum.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 49 Those [laws] which concerned private actions,..[were] placed first in the tower, then brought into the Prytanæum that al might see them.

1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant II. ix. 335 A Publick House, or Prytaneum, wherein they ate on the great Feasts of the publick Games.

1786 R. Polwhele tr. Theocritus Idyllum Twenty-first in Idyllia, Epigrams, & Fragm. Theocritus, Bion, & Moschus I. 155 The living Light In Prytaneum, burns both Day and Night.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xiv. 380 He assigned to the new hero a consecrated spot in the strongest and most commanding portion of the Sicyonian prytaneium.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 193/1 Fire was solemnly sent from the prytaneum or Vesta temple of the mother colony.

1926 Times 8 June 17/7 At its eastern end, is the Prytaneum. This was practically the Town Hall of the ancient city, where the magistrates met to transact business.

1972 Archaeol. Rep. for 1971–2 (Soc. for Promotion Hellenic Stud.) No. 18 53/2 The most significant results of recent years could well be considered to be..the finding of the prytaneum building of the second century b.c.

1991 Classical Q. New Ser. 41 291 I take Hyp. 2.2. to be suggesting a kind of parasitism—mockery of the city in the agora, followed by dining in the prytaneum.

2. In ancient Athens: the presiding division of the Council of Five Hundred; the prytanes collectively. Cf. prytanis n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in ancient world > member of council committee in ancient Athens

prytanis1579

prytaneum1603

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 762 Those guilds and societies in Candy..were instituted and held for privie counsels and assemblies of senators; like unto that, if I be not deceived, which even in this citie heere of Athens goeth under the name of Prytaneion.

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World iii. xvii. 167 It is written of Celeus, that he was the first man who delighted to assemble to his House, a number of honourable persons and of good mark, which assembly he called Prytanaeum.

1756 tr. Mod. Observ. Antient Hist.: Chapter 6 Index 49 The first Person that complements Pselistes as President of the Prytaneum.

1800 F. Dobbs Summary Universal Hist. I. ii. iv. 118 They were twelve in number, and deputies from each now formed a council, called the Prytaneum, which made laws that bound the whole.

1948 Classical Rev. 62 101 The oldest Attic Council, of the Prytaneum..finally lost both governmental and judicial power, except an empty ‘deodand’ jurisdiction in homicide.

1998 E. Carawan Rhetoric & Law of Draco i. 16 The lists of courts and jurisdictions would appear to be arranged chiastically: (a) those exiled by the Areopagus or (b) those (exiled) by the ephetai or by the Prytaneum; (b) for homicide or slaughter or (a) for tyrannny.

3. In extended use: a large public building; a place where people of note are assembled. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun]

hall1297

school?a1425

common house1537

basilica1541

public house1560

public building1561

state house1593

prytaneum1673

house of call1699

basilic1728

zayat1823

civic centre1867

jong1904

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 86 Last of all feasts the Professors in the room called the Prytaneum, which is now used as the Divinity-Schools.

1804 Times 30 Jan. 3/5 The Prytaneum of St. Cyr, a prytaneum unparalleled in its nature, receives into its bosom the children of citizens who have died for their country.

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xi. 27 The hearth and Prytaneion of the English nation.

1918 Times 1 Jan. 7/3 It has long been the Prytaneum of our country's fame, the lode-star of the civilized world.

2005 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 16 July DeLogny's ‘Racetrack Suburb’ was intended to have, in addition to the racetrack, a college or prytaneum plus a coliseum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prytaneum
释义	prytaneumn. Brit. /ˌprɪtᵻˈniːəm/, U.S. /ˌprɪdəˈniəm/ Inflections: Plural prytaneia, prytaneums. Forms: 1600s 1800s– prytaneion, 1500s– prytaneum, 1600s– prytanaeum, 1800s prytaneium. Also with capital initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin prytanēum; Greek πρυτανεῖον. Etymology: < classical Latin prytanēum and its etymon ancient Greek πρυτανεῖον public hall of a Greek state or city < πρύτανις prytanis n. + -εῖον, suffix forming nouns. Compare Middle French, French prytanée (1556). Ancient Greek History. 1. The public hall of a Greek state or city, in which a sacred fire was kept burning; esp. (in ancient Athens) the hall in which distinguished citizens, foreign ambassadors, etc., were entertained at public expense. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] > other spec. hallc1302 prytaneum1577 praetorium?1586 Roman bath1680 Colosseum1809 kursaal1850 scuola1851 culture centre1890 cultural centre1891 club1896 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. F A Citizen of Athens..so feruently raged in fleshly lust towardes an image of good fortune, standing at the Prytaneum of Athens, that most oftentimes he louingly imbraced it. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xli. 1108 At Cizicum, he gave freely to the Prytaneum. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 49 Those [laws] which concerned private actions,..[were] placed first in the tower, then brought into the Prytanæum that al might see them. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant II. ix. 335 A Publick House, or Prytaneum, wherein they ate on the great Feasts of the publick Games. 1786 R. Polwhele tr. Theocritus Idyllum Twenty-first in Idyllia, Epigrams, & Fragm. Theocritus, Bion, & Moschus I. 155 The living Light In Prytaneum, burns both Day and Night. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xiv. 380 He assigned to the new hero a consecrated spot in the strongest and most commanding portion of the Sicyonian prytaneium. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 193/1 Fire was solemnly sent from the prytaneum or Vesta temple of the mother colony. 1926 Times 8 June 17/7 At its eastern end, is the Prytaneum. This was practically the Town Hall of the ancient city, where the magistrates met to transact business. 1972 Archaeol. Rep. for 1971–2 (Soc. for Promotion Hellenic Stud.) No. 18 53/2 The most significant results of recent years could well be considered to be..the finding of the prytaneum building of the second century b.c. 1991 Classical Q. New Ser. 41 291 I take Hyp. 2.2. to be suggesting a kind of parasitism—mockery of the city in the agora, followed by dining in the prytaneum. 2. In ancient Athens: the presiding division of the Council of Five Hundred; the prytanes collectively. Cf. prytanis n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in ancient world > member of council committee in ancient Athens prytanis1579 prytaneum1603 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 762 Those guilds and societies in Candy..were instituted and held for privie counsels and assemblies of senators; like unto that, if I be not deceived, which even in this citie heere of Athens goeth under the name of Prytaneion. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World iii. xvii. 167 It is written of Celeus, that he was the first man who delighted to assemble to his House, a number of honourable persons and of good mark, which assembly he called Prytanaeum. 1756 tr. Mod. Observ. Antient Hist.: Chapter 6 Index 49 The first Person that complements Pselistes as President of the Prytaneum. 1800 F. Dobbs Summary Universal Hist. I. ii. iv. 118 They were twelve in number, and deputies from each now formed a council, called the Prytaneum, which made laws that bound the whole. 1948 Classical Rev. 62 101 The oldest Attic Council, of the Prytaneum..finally lost both governmental and judicial power, except an empty ‘deodand’ jurisdiction in homicide. 1998 E. Carawan Rhetoric & Law of Draco i. 16 The lists of courts and jurisdictions would appear to be arranged chiastically: (a) those exiled by the Areopagus or (b) those (exiled) by the ephetai or by the Prytaneum; (b) for homicide or slaughter or (a) for tyrannny. 3. In extended use: a large public building; a place where people of note are assembled. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] hall1297 school?a1425 common house1537 basilica1541 public house1560 public building1561 state house1593 prytaneum1673 house of call1699 basilic1728 zayat1823 civic centre1867 jong1904 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 86 Last of all feasts the Professors in the room called the Prytaneum, which is now used as the Divinity-Schools. 1804 Times 30 Jan. 3/5 The Prytaneum of St. Cyr, a prytaneum unparalleled in its nature, receives into its bosom the children of citizens who have died for their country. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xi. 27 The hearth and Prytaneion of the English nation. 1918 Times 1 Jan. 7/3 It has long been the Prytaneum of our country's fame, the lode-star of the civilized world. 2005 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 16 July DeLogny's ‘Racetrack Suburb’ was intended to have, in addition to the racetrack, a college or prytaneum plus a coliseum. 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