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πρᾶξις

πρᾶξις, πρᾶξις, action, achievement

πρᾶξις, εως, Ep. and Ion. πρῆξις, ιος, ἡ: (πράσσω):—
  • doing, transaction, business, [πλεῖν] κατὰ πρῆξιν on a trading voyage, Od. 3.72; ἐπὶ πρῆξιν ἔπλεον h.Ap. 397; π. δʼ ἥδʼ ἰδίη, οὐ δήμιος a private, not a public affair, Od. 3.82; π. μηδὲ φίλοισιν ὅμως ἀνακοινέο πᾶσιν Thgn. 73; ἡ περί τινος π. the transaction respecting . ., Th. 6.88.
      • 2 result or issue of a business, esp. good result, success, οὐ γάρ τις πρῆξις πέλεται . . γόοιο no good comes of weeping, Il. 24.524; οὔ τις π. ἐγίγνετο μυρομένοισιν Od. 10.202; λυμαίνεσθαί τινι τὴν π. to spoil oneʼs market, X. An. 1.3.16; π. φίλαν δίδοι grant a happy issue, Pi. O. 1.85; π. οὐρίαν θέλων A. Ch. 814 (lyr.); ταχεῖά γʼ ἦλθε χρησμῶν π. their issue, Id. Pers. 739; ἄνευ τούτων οὐκ ἂν εἵη π. X. Cyn. 2.2; δὸς πόρον καὶ π. τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ PMag.Par. 1.2366.
    • II doing, τῶν ἀγαθῶν (of persons) πρήξιες Thgn. 1026; ἡ τῶν ἀγαθῶν π. Pl. Chrm. 163e; ἡ π. τῶν ἔργων Antipho 3.4.9; achievement, Th. 3.114; π. πολεμική, πολιητική, πολιτική, Pl. R. 399a, Sph. 266d, Men. 99b; action, opp. πάθος, Id. Lg. 876d; opp. ἕξις, Id. R. 434a; moral action, opp. ποίησις, τέχνη, Arist. EN 1140a2, 1097a16; opp. ποιότης, Id. Po. 1450a18, cf. EN 1178a35 (pl.); ἤθη καὶ πάθη καὶ π. Id. Po. 1447a28; opp. οἱ πολιτικοὶ λόγοι, D. 61.44; ἔργῳ καὶ πράξεσιν, οὐχὶ λόγοις Id. 6.3; ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι ὄντα τε καὶ πραττόμενα exhibited in actual life, Pl. Phdr. 271d; action in drama, opp. λόγος, Arist. Po. 1454a18; μία π. ὅλη καὶ τελεία ib. 1459a19, cf. 1451b33 (pl.).
      • 2 action, exercise, χειρῶν, σκελῶν, στόματος, φωνῆς, διανοίας, Pl. La. 192a.
      • 3 euphem. for sexual intercourse, Pi. Fr. 127, Aeschin. 1.158, etc.; in full, ἡ π. ἡ γεννητική Arist. HA 539b20.
      • 4 magical operation, spell, PMag.Par. 1.1227, al., PMag.Lond. 125.40.
    • III action, act, S. OT 895 (lyr., pl.), OC 560, etc.; μιᾶς μόνον μνησθήσομαι π. Isoc. 12.127.
        • b military action, battle, Plb. 3.19.11, etc.
    • IV doing, faring well or ill, fortune, state, condition, ἀπέκλαιε . . τὴν ἑωυτοῦ π. Hdt. 3.65, cf. A. Pr. 695 (lyr.), S. Aj. 790, 792; εύτυχὴς π. Id. Tr. 294; κακαὶ π. Id. Ant. 1305.
    • V practical ability, π. καὶ σύνεσις Plb. 2.47.5; ἡ ἐν τοῖς πολεμικοῖς π. Id. 4.77.1.
      • 2 practice, i.e. trickery, treachery, ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν Id. 2.9.2; κατὰ τῆς πόλεως, ἐπὶ τοὺς Αἰτωλούς, Id. 4.71.6, 5.96.4.
    • VI exaction of money, recovery of debts, arrears, etc., IG 1(2).57.13, al.; συμβολαίων πράξεις And. 1.88; τοῦ μισθοῦ Pl. Prt. 328b; τελῶν Id. R. 425d (pl.); παρὰ Ἀρτέμωνος . . ἔστω ἡ π. τοῖς δανείσασι let the lenders have an action of recovery against Artemon, Syngr. ap. D. 35.12, cf. SIG 364.61,67 (Ephesus, iii B.C.), Test.Epict. 5.31; ἡ π. ἔστω καθάπερ ἐκ δίκης PEleph. 1.12 (iv B.C.), etc.; αἱ π. τῶν καταδικασθέντων Arist. Pol. 1321b42.
      • 2 exaction of vengeance, retribution, βαρβάρων χάριν γάμων πρᾶξιν ὡς Ἑλλὰς λάβοι E. IA 272 (lyr.).
    • VII public office, ἡ διοικηθεῖσα π. Epist. Macrin. ap. Hdn. 5.1.2.
    • VIII discourse, lecture of a rhetorician or philosopher, Jul. Or. 2.59c, Marin. Procl. 22.

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