Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρακτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρακτός πρακτή πρακτόν

Structure: πρακτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pra/ssw의 분사형

Sense

  1. things to be done, points of moral action

Examples

  • ἢ καθάπερ λέγεται, οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τοῖσ πρακτοῖσ τέλοσ τὸ θεωρῆσαι ἕκαστα καὶ γνῶναι, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον τὸ πράττειν αὐτά· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 10 126:1)
  • οὔτε γὰρ περὶ τὸ οὗ ἕνεκεν τοιοῦτον γὰρ τὸ ἀγαθόν, τοῦτο δ’ ἐν τοῖσ πρακτοῖσ ὑπάρχει καὶ ταῖσ οὖσιν ἐν κινήσει· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 11 7:1)

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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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