Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρακτέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρακτέος πρακτέᾱ πρακτέον

Structure: πρακτε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pra/ssw의 분사형

Sense

  1. to be done
  2. one must do

Examples

  • ἔδρασ’ ἂν εὖ τοῦτ’ ἴσθ’ ἄν, εἰ μὴ τοῦ θεοῦ πρώτιστ’ ἔχρῃζον ἐκμαθεῖν τί πρακτέαν. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 1:13)

Synonyms

  1. to be done

  2. one must do

Related

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

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