πρᾶξις

πρᾶξις, εως, [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. [full] πρῆξις, ιος, ἡ : ([etym.] πράσσω):—

A doing, transaction, business, [

πλεῖν] κατὰ πρῆξιν

on a trading voyage,

Od.3.72

;

ἐπὶ πρῆξιν ἔπλεον h.Ap.397

; π. δ' ἥδ' 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 one's 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 γ' 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.EN1178a35 (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.HA539b20

.

4 magical operation, spell, PMag.Par.1.1227, al., PMag.Lond. 125.40.

III action, act, S.OT895 (lyr., pl.), OC560, 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., IG12.57.13, 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. SIG364.61,67 (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.IA272

(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.