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πρᾶξις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρᾶξις πράξεως

Structure: πραξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pra/ssw

Sense

  1. deed, action, activity
  2. business dealing
  3. success
  4. collection of debts, arrears
  5. business, office
  6. work, treatise
  7. magic spell
  8. sexual intercourse
  9. conduct, practice
  10. state, condition

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ἰωάννου καὶ τῶν πολέμων αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἀνδραγαθιῶν αὐτοῦ, ὧν ἠνδραγάθησε, καὶ τῆσ οἰκοδομῆσ τῶν τειχέων, ὧν ᾠκοδόμησε, καὶ τῶν πράξεων αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 16:23)
  • εἰ δὲ τοῦτον ἀφεὶσ τὸν λόγον ὡσ οὐ πάνυ ἀξιόπιστον ἐκεῖνο λέγοιμι, μήτε ὑπὸ χρημάτων μήτε ὑπ̓ ἄλλησ τινὸσ ἐλπίδοσ τοιαύτησ δελεασθεὶσ ὑποστῆναι τὴν παροῦσαν συνουσίαν, ἀλλὰ τὴν σύνεσιν καὶ ἀνδρείαν καὶ μεγαλόνοιαν τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ θαυμάσασ ἐθελῆσαι κοινωνῆσαι πράξεων τῷ τοιούτῳ, δέδοικα μὴ πρὸσ τῇ ἐπιφερομένῃ κατηγορίᾳ κολακείασ αἰτίαν προσλαβὼν κᾆτα εὑρίσκωμαι ἥλῳ, φασίν, ἐκκρούων τὸν ἧλον, καὶ μείζονί γε τὸν σμικρότερον, ὅσῳ κολακεία τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων κακῶν τὸ δουλοπρεπέστατον εἶναι καὶ ταύτῃ χείριστον νενόμισται. (Lucian, Apologia 21:1)
  • ἐκεῖνοσ μὲν γὰρ κοινὴν Ἑλληνικῶν τε καὶ βαρβαρικῶν πράξεων ἐξενήνοχεν ἱστορίαν, ὡσ μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἐξίτηλα γένηται, μήτε ἔργα καὶ ἅπερ αὐτὸσ εἴρηκε. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 3:1)
  • τὸ καθ’ ἑκάστην πρᾶξιν μὴ μόνον τὰ φανερὰ τοῖσ πολλοῖσ ὁρᾶν καὶ λέγειν, ἀλλ’ ἐξετάζειν καὶ τὰσ ἀφανεῖσ αἰτίασ τῶν πράξεων καὶ τῶν πραξάντων αὐτὰσ καὶ τὰ πάθη τῆσ ψυχῆσ, ἃ μὴ ῥᾴδια τοῖσ πολλοῖσ εἰδέναι, καὶ πάντα ἐκκαλύπτειν τὰ μυστήρια τῆσ τε δοκούσησ ἀρετῆσ καὶ τῆσ ἀγνοουμένησ κακίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 6 7:3)
  • καὶ πρὸσ Χαρίτων μή με νομίσῃσ ἐφ’ ὕβρει ταῦτα τοῦ Πυθαγόρου λέγειν ἢ συνάπτειν πειρώμενον αὐτοὺσ πρὸσ ὁμοιότητα τῶν πράξεων· (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 4:7)

Synonyms

  1. deed

  2. success

  3. business

  4. work

  5. magic spell

  6. sexual intercourse

  7. state

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