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πραγματικός

πραγματικός, fit for business, active, business-like

πραγμᾰτ-ικός, ή, όν,
  • fit for action or business, businesslike, statesmanlike, later Greek for πρακτικός, βασιλεύς, ἄνδρες, Plb. 7.11.2, 7.12.2, al.; pragmatici homines, men of the world, men of affairs, Cic. Att. 2.20.1; wise and prudent men, Vett.Val.17.22; πραγματική, = ἐπιστήμη τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων πραγμάτων, Andronic. Rhod. p.574 M. Adv. -κῶς Cic. QF 2.14.2.
      • 2 Subst. πραγματικός, ὁ, agent, attorney, π. τῆς πόλεως, τοῦ νομοῦ, Inscr.Magn. 189 (ii A. D.), PAmh. 2.107.15 (ii A. D.), cf. SIG 888.101 (Scaptopara, iii A. D.).
        • b Lat. pragmaticus, legal adviser, Cic. de Or. 1.45.59, Quint. Inst. 12.3.4, Juv. 7.123.
        • c civil official, opp. military officer, PTeb. 58.18 (ii B. C.), OGI 139.7 (Egypt, ii B. C.), 669.21, al. (ibid. i A.D.); civilian, opp. στρατιωτικός, Plb. 14.1.13; ἱερόδουλοι καὶ π. τοῦ ἱεροῦ LXX 1 Es. 8.22.
      • 3 π. τύπος, νόμος, = Lat. pragmatica sanctio, Just. Nov. 7.2.1, Cod.Just. 1.3.38.6.
    • II of things,
      • 1 of history, political (including military), Plb. 1.2.8, 9.2.4, al., Plu. Galb. 2, etc.; π. ἀποφάσεις political utterances, Plb. 32.2.7.
      • 2 of speech or action, able, prudent, statesmanlike, ἔργον, λόγοι, Id. 3.116.7, 36.5.1; τρόπος Id. 23.5.5; ὥστε μὴ ὑποπτεῦσαί τι περὶ αὐτοῦ πραγματικόν anything machiavellian, Id. 30.27.2, cf. 30.19.11. Adv. -κῶς Id. 2.13.1, al.; by statecraft, Id. 31.10.6.
    • III relating to subject-matter, opp. style, ὁ π. τόπος, opp. ὁ λεκτικός, D.H. Comp. 1: Sup., -ωτάτη εὕρεσις Hermog. Inv. 1.1.
      • 2 relating to fact, θεωρήματα, ζήτησις, Epicur. Nat. 28 Fr. 4 (p.5 V.), Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1014.62; πίστις Syrian. in Hermog. ip.57 R. (v.l.): -κή, ἡ, deliberation on matter of fact or on action, ib.iip.161 R.; π.ἔγγραφος, ἄγραφος, ib. p.162 R.
        • b material (opp. formal, verbal), διαφωνία Simp. in Cael. 640.28. Adv. -κῶς, ζητεῖν Phld. Rh. 2.238 S., cf. Plu. Sollert. 2.960b; διαφέρεσθαι ib. Col. 1113c; τὸ π. ἀπορούμενον difficulty arising from facts (opp. verbal), Simp. in Ph. 1289.35: Sup., ἐν τοῖς Στωικοῖς -ώτατα φιλοσοφῆσαι Porph. Abst. 4.8: opp. ψυχικῶς, στοιχειακῶς, Anon. in Westermann Mythogr. p.328.
    • IV πραγματικόν, τό, in Magic, effective spell, PMag.Par. 1.2432.
    • V troublesome, formidable, of a citadel, Plb. 4.70.10; λίαν δυσάλωτος καὶ π. πόλις Beros. ap. J. Ap. 1.20; of an attack, Plb. 5.5.4; ἀήττητα καὶ π. πλήθη Id. 1.35.5.

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