ΠΡΥΤΑΝΕΥΣΑΙ, πρυτανευσαι
PRYTANEUSAI, prytaneusai
Sounds Like: pry-tan-EV-sai
Translations: to be a prytanis, to preside, to rule, to govern
From the root: ΠΡΥΤΑΝΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to act as a 'prytanis,' which was a chief magistrate or president in ancient Greek city-states, particularly Athens. It refers to the act of presiding over an assembly, managing public affairs, or holding a position of leadership or authority. It can be used to describe someone who is in charge or who takes the lead in a situation.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4300 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 1:118
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΥΤΑΝΕΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΡΥΤΑΝΕΥΣΑΝ — they presided, they governed, they acted as prytanis
- ΠΡΥΤΑΝΕΥΩ — to be a prytanis, to preside, to rule, to govern, to lead, to manage
- ΠΡΥΤΑΝΕΥΩΝ — presiding, being a prytanis, governing, ruling, acting as chief magistrate
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