Πρυτανεύοντα
prytaning
Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Strictly speaking this means being a prytanis;1 but Demosthenes in [the] Philippics [sc. uses it] to mean managing.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρυτανεύοντα· κυρίως μὲν ἀντὶ τοῦ πρυτανέα ὄντα. ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ διοικοῦντα Δημοσθένης ἐν Φιλιππικοῖς.
Betacode
*prutaneu/onta: kuri/ws me\n a)nti\ tou= prutane/a o)/nta. a)nti\ de\ tou= dioikou=nta *dhmosqe/nhs e)n *filippikoi=s.
Notes (2)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- π2991Πρυτανεύεταιis controlled, are controlled[Meaning] is/are managed. "Human affairs are controlled by the influence of the god."
- π2993Πρυτανευούσηςcontrolling"With the nature of the terrain not allowing them to go farther, but measuring the length of the trench for them and controlling [it] appropriately [...]." And elsewhere: "but the envoys came with an intent to manage…
- π2994ΠρυτανεύωI control, I manage, I regulate[Used] with an accusative.
- π2995Πρυτανεύσητεyou would be prytaneis[Meaning] you would examine, you would act, you would issue orders: for everything was handled by the prytaneis. Demosthenes used the word too.
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