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πρᾶγος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρᾶγος πρᾶγεος

Structure: πραγο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. state-affairs

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πρᾶγος πράγει πράγη
Genitive πράγους πράγοιν πραγέων
Dative πράγει πράγοιν πράγεσιν*
Accusative πρᾶγος πράγει πράγη
Vocative πράγος πράγει πράγη

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

  • τοῦδε γὰρ δράμημα φωτὸσ Περσικὸν πρέπει μαθεῖν, καὶ φέρει σαφέσ τι πρᾶγοσ ἐσθλὸν ἢ κακὸν κλύειν. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, trochees 1:18)
  • Κάδμου πολῖται, χρὴ λέγειν τὰ καίρια ὅστισ φυλάσσει πρᾶγοσ ἐν πρύμνῃ πόλεωσ οἰάκα νωμῶν, βλέφαρα μὴ κοιμῶν ὕπνῳ. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode 1:1)
  • ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἥκουσ’ αἵδ’ ἐπὶ πρᾶγοσ πικρὸν Ἀντιγόνη τ’ ἠδ’ Ἰσμήνη, θρῆνον ἀδελφοῖν· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, anapests6)
  • σκοπεῖτε, κἀμείβεσθε τόνδε τὸν τρόπον, ὅπωσ ἂν ὑμῖν πρᾶγοσ εὖ νικᾷ τόδε. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 2:21)
  • νυκτὸσ γὰρ ἡμᾶσ τῆσδε πρᾶγοσ ἄσκοπον ἔχει περάνασ, εἴπερ εἴργασται τάδε· (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 1:9)

Synonyms

  1. state-affairs

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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