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πρακτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρακτικός

Structure: πρακτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pra/ssw

Sense

  1. of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical

Examples

  • "ἀλλ’, ὥσπερ φησὶν Ἱπποκράτησ, δυεῖν πόνων τὸν ἥττονα ὑπὸ τοῦ μείζονοσ ἀμαυροῦσθαι, καὶ τῶν ἡδονῶν τὰσ σωματικὰσ αἱ πρακτικαὶ καὶ φιλότιμοι τῷ χαίροντι τῆσ ψυχῆσ δι’ ὑπερβολὴν καὶ μέγεθοσ ἐναφανίζουσι καὶ κατασβεννύουσιν. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 1718)
  • καὶ τὰσ ἀρετὰσ δὲ ἀνάγκη ἀγαθὸν εἶναι κατὰ γὰρ ταύτασ εὖ τε διάκεινται οἱ ἔχοντεσ, καὶ ποιητικαὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν εἰσι καὶ πρακτικαί· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 6 6:1)
  • κοινῇ μὲν οὖν περὶ τῶν ἀρετῶν εἴρηται ἡμῖν τό τε γένοσ τύπῳ, ὅτι μεσότητέσ εἰσιν καὶ ὅτι ἕξεισ, ὑφ’ ὧν τε γίνονται, ὅτι τούτων πρακτικαὶ <καὶ> καθ’ αὑτάσ, καὶ ὅτι ἐφ’ ἡμῖν καὶ ἑκούσιοι, καὶ οὕτωσ ὡσ ἂν ὁ ὀρθὸσ λόγοσ προστάξῃ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 82:2)
  • πολιτικὴ δὲ καὶ αὐλητικὴ καὶ κιθαριστικὴ καὶ αἱ τοιαῦται πρακτικαί· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 83:5)
  • τῶν ἄρα ἐπιστημῶν αἱ μέν εἰσι θεωρητικαί, αἱ δὲ πρακτικαί, αἱ δὲ ποιητικαί. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 83:11)

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