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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

  • Σοφία γραμματέωσ ἐν εὐκαιρίᾳ σχολῆσ, καὶ ὁ ἐλασσούμενοσ πράξει αὐτοῦ σοφισθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 38:24)
  • Συνορᾷσ μὲν οὖν Καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων τὴν διαφοράν εἰ δὲ δεῖ Καὶ καθ’ ἕκαστον ἀποφήνασθαι, Τιβέριον μὲν ἀρετῇ πεπρωτευκέναι τίθημι πάντων, ἐλάχιστα δὲ ἡμαρτηκέναι τὸ μειράκιον Ἆγιν, πράξει δὲ Καὶ τόλμῃ Γάϊον οὐκ ὀλίγῳ Κλεομένουσ ὕστερον γεγονέναι. (Plutarch, Comparison of Agis and Cleomenes and the Gracchi, chapter 5 6:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ εἶχε τὸν ἀμφισβητοῦντα, καθάπερ ὁ Βροῦτοσ Κάσσιον, ἄνδρα πρὸσ μὲν ἀρετὴν καὶ δόξαν οὐχ ὁμοίωσ ἀξιόπιστον, εἰσ δὲ τὸν πόλεμον οὐκ ἐλάττονασ τόλμῃ καὶ δεινότητι καὶ πράξει συμβολὰσ παρασχόμενον, ᾧ γε καὶ τοῦ παντὸσ ἔργου προσποιοῦσιν ἔνιοι τὴν ἀρχήν, ἡγεμόνα τῆσ ἐπὶ Καίσαρα γνώμησ τοῦτον ἀτρεμοῦντι Βρούτῳ γενέσθαι λέγοντεσ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Dion and Brutus, chapter 1 1:2)
  • Οἱ δὲ τὴν πόλιν ταύτην κατοικοῦντεσ ἄνδρεσ κεκρικότεσ τῇ πρὸσ Ῥωμαίουσ ἐμμεῖναι πίστει, δεδιότεσ δὲ τὴν ἐμὴν ἄφιξιν, ἐπειράθησαν ἑτέρᾳ με πράξει περισπάσαντεσ ἀδεεῖσ εἶναι περὶ ἑαυτῶν. (Flavius Josephus, 126:1)
  • "ἐρωτᾷ γὰρ αὑτὸν ἐν ταῖσ Διαπορίαισ εἰ πράξει τινὰ ὁ σοφόσ, ὧν οἱ νόμοι ἀπαγορεύουσιν, εἰδὼσ ὅτι λήσει· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 34 1:2)

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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