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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

  • ταῦτα δὲ ἀναγέγραπται ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ τῶν ἱστορουμένων περὶ τῶν βασιλέων τῆσ Ἰουδαίασ. καὶ τὸ καθ̓ ἓν πραχθὲν τῆσ πράξεωσ Ἰωσίου καὶ τῆσ δόξησ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆσ συνέσεωσ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου, τά τε προπραχθέντα ὑπ̓ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ νῦν, ἱστόρηται ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τῶν βασιλέων Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἰούδα. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 1:31)
  • Ἀρχὴ παντὸσ ἔργου λόγοσ, καὶ πρὸ πάσησ πράξεωσ βουλή. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 37:16)
  • ὅταν δέ τισ ἀνέλῃ τῶν πραγμάτων τὸν καιρόν, ἀνταναιρεῖται καὶ τὸ δίκαιον τῆσ πράξεωσ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 59:3)
  • διαλιπὼν δὲ δύο ἢ τρεῖσ ἡμέρασ, ὡσ διημαρτηκὼσ τῆσ πράξεωσ, ἐπαινέσασ αὐτοὺσ ἀπέδωκεν ἑκάστῳ ὃ εἰσήνεγκαν. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 68:4)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐμὲ ταῦτα ἐφόβησεν οὐδὲ τὸ δυσχερὲσ τῆσ πράξεωσ λογισάμενοσ ἀπώκνησα οὐδὲ πρὸσ τὸν κίνδυνον ἀπεδειλίασα, μόνοσ δέ, μόνοσ πρὸσ οὕτωσ ἰσχυρὰν καὶ πολλὴν τυραννίδα, μᾶλλον δὲ οὐ μόνοσ, ἀλλὰ μετὰ τοῦ ξίφουσ ἀνῄειν τοῦ συμμεμαχημένου καὶ τὸ μέροσ συντετυραννοκτονηκότοσ, πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μὲν τὴν τελευτὴν ἔχων, ἀλλαξόμενοσ δὲ ὅμωσ τὴν κοινὴν ἐλευθερίαν τῆσ σφαγῆσ τῆσ ἐμῆσ. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. deed

  2. success

  3. business

  4. work

  5. magic spell

  6. sexual intercourse

  7. state

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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