different between prytaneum vs prytane

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (prutaneîon, “town hall”).

Noun

prytaneum (plural prytanea)

1. (historical) The town hall in an Ancient Greek city.

Related terms

• prytane

References

• prytaneum at the online public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.

English

Pronunciation

Noun

prytane (plural prytanes)

1. The priest who presided over a prytaneum.
   • 1915: Primitive and Ancient Legal Institutions, Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore

     This priest of the public hearth bore the name of king. Sometimes they gave him other titles. As he was especially the priest of the prytaneum, the Greeks preferred to call him the prytane; sometimes they also called him the archon.

   • 1962: Magic, Myth, and Money, William Herbert Desmonde

     The priest of the city hearth was called "king", "prytane", or "archon". The term "prytane" was derived from the fact that he was the priest of the prytaneum, or local hearth.

Anagrams

• Paynter

French

Noun

prytane m (plural prytanes)

1. prytane

Further reading

• “prytane” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

prytane m

1. prytane