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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

  • πρὸσ τοῦτον γὰρ ἦν ἡ τῶν φόρων πρᾶξισ, δἰ ἣν αἰτίαν οἱ δύο ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέωσ προσεκλήθησαν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:28)
  • οὐχ ἡ δόσισ τῶν χρημάτων λυπεῖ, ἀλλ’ ἡ πρᾶξισ τοῦ λαμβάνοντοσ, ἐὰν ᾖ κατὰ τοῦ συμφέροντοσ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 21:1)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐ γάρ τίσ ἐστιν πρᾶξισ τάδε μυρομένοισ, χρὴ κεῖνο λέγειν ὅ,τι καὶ μέλλει τελεῖν. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 13:1)
  • οὕτω γὰρ οὐ πάθοσ, ἀλλὰ πρᾶξισ γίνεται τοῦ τελευτῶντοσ ὁ θάνατοσ, πρὸσ δὲ τῷ θυμῷ τοῦ Πελοπίδου καὶ τὸ τέλοσ αὐτὸ τὸ τῆσ νίκησ ἐν τῷ πεσεῖν τὸν τύραννον ὁρώμενον οὐ παντάπασιν ἀλόγωσ ἐπεσπάσατο τὴν ὁρμήν· (Plutarch, Comparison of Pelopidas and Marcellus, chapter 3 2:3)
  • ἐκ δὲ παρατάξεωσ Φάβιοσ οὐ φαίνεται μάχῃ νενικηκώσ πλὴν ἀφ’ ἧσ τὸν πρότερον εἰσήλασε θρίαμβον, Περικλῆσ δ’ ἐννέα τρόπαια κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν ἔστησεν ἀπὸ τῶν πολεμίων, οὐ μὴν λέγεται τοιαύτη πρᾶξισ Περικλέουσ, οἱάν ἔπραξε Φάβιοσ Μινούκιον ἐξαρπάσασ Ἀννίβου καὶ διασώσασ ἐντελὲσ στρατόπεδον Ῥωμαίων· (Plutarch, Comparison of Pericles and Fabius Maximus, chapter 2 1:3)

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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