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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 μετὰ πᾶσαν τὴν πρᾶξιν ταύτην Ἰωσίου συνέβη Φαραὼ βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου ἐλθόντα πόλεμον ἐγεῖραι ἐν Χαρκαμὺσ ἐπὶ τοῦ Εὐφράτου, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰσ ἀπάντησιν αὐτῷ Ἰωσίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 1:23)
  • ὑμεῖσ δὲ οὐκ ἐξερευνήσετε τὴν πρᾶξίν μου, οὐ γὰρ ἐρῶ ὑμῖν, ἕωσ τοῦ τελεσθῆναι ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 8:34)
  • καὶ εἶδεν ὁ λαὸσ τὴν πρᾶξιν τοῦ Σίμωνοσ καὶ τὴν δόξαν, ἣν ἐβουλεύσατο ποιῆσαι τῷ ἔθνει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθεντο αὐτὸν ἡγούμενον αὐτῶν καὶ ἀρχιερέα διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν πεποιηκέναι πάντα ταῦτα καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην καὶ τὴν πίστιν, ἣν συνετήρησε τῷ ἔθνει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐζήτησε παντὶ τρόπῳ ὑψῶσαι τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 14:35)
  • ταῦτα οὖν καὶ οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν ὄντεσ θεωροῦντεσ ἐτράπησαν εἰσ τὸ σὺν τοῖσ ἡμετέροισ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τὸν πᾶν κράτοσ ἔχοντα τοῖσ παροῦσιν ἐπαμῦναι, μὴ παριδόντα τὴν ἄνομον καὶ ὑπερήφανον πρᾶξιν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 1:27)
  • 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)

Synonyms

  1. deed

  2. success

  3. business

  4. work

  5. magic spell

  6. sexual intercourse

  7. state

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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