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prytany (iou) and do-or-die (oh)


prytany (iou)



prytany noun. E19.
[Greek prutaneia, formed as PRYTANIS.]
Greek History.
Each of the ten divisions of the Athenian Council of Five Hundred; the period of five weeks during which a division presided. E19.
The presidency of the Athenian senate; the office or dignity of a prytanis. L19.

do-or-die (oh)



adj [only before noun]
very determined
::a do-or-die attitude