βρυτανεύω

A. to be πρύτανις or president, hold sway, ἀθανάτοισι among them, h.Ap. 68; so of God, Ph. 2.595.

2. to be chairman of a board, D. 21.87; of a βουλή, POxy. 2130.7 (iii A.D.), etc.

II. at Athens, hold the presidency, prop. of the tribe in order of πρυτανεία in βουλή and ἐκκλησία, ἔτυχεν . . ἡ φυλὴ [Ἀντιοχὶς] πρυτανεύουσα Pl. Ap. 32b, cf. Grg. 473e; Ἀκαμαντὶς ἐπρυτάνευε IG 12.16, Th. 4.118, etc.: sts. of an individual member of the πρυτανεία, IG 12.39.14, al., Antipho 6.45; οἱ τότε πρυτανεύσαντες And. 1.46.

b. generally, of the mover of a motion, ὁ πρυτανεύσας ταῦτα καὶ πείσας D. 15.3.

2. π. περὶ εἰρήνης put the question on a motion for peace, this being the duty of the Prytanes, Ar. Ach. 60; εἰρήνην πρυτανεῦσαι Isoc. 4.121: hence,

3. π. τινὶ εἰρήνην obtain peace for another, Luc. Demon. 9, cf. PStrassb. 5.8 (Pass., iii A.D.); φιλίαν τισί D.C. 46.11; πᾶσι τὰ ἀγαθά Aristid. Or. 26(14).109; [αἱ Πλειάδες] τὸ ἔαρ ἡμῖν π. herald the spring, Procop.Gaz.p.141 B.

III. generally, control, regulate, joined with διοικεῖν, D. 5.6:—Pass., πρυτανεύεσθαι παρά τινος to suffer oneself to be guided by one, Id. 9.60.

2. metaph., δεῖπνον χαριέντως πεπρυτανευμένον served daintily, Alex. 110.4; of persons, to be entertained, χορηγίᾳ βασιλικῇ Plu. 2.602a.