πρᾶγμα

πρᾶγμα, ατος, τό, [dialect] Ion. [full] πρῆχμα Schwyzer 688 B16, C5 (Chios, v B. C.), GDI5598.4 ([place name] Ephesus); also [full] πρῆγμα Hdt.5.33, al., but Hdt. perh. wrote [full] πρῆχμα, which is v. l. in 1.133 ap.Ath.4.144a (cod. A), and in 3.49,57 (POxy.1619.326,379); cf. πρήχματος οὐχ ὁσίου imitated from Hdt. in Epigr.Gr.1092 ([place name] Erechtheum): ([etym.] πράσσω):—

A deed, act, the concrete of πρᾶξις, but freq. approaching to the abstract sense, Thgn.116, al.; opp. λόγοι, D.2.12, etc.;

πραγμάτων ὀρθὰν ὁδόν Pi.O. 7.46

; γυναίου π. ἐποίει did the act of a woman, D.25.57, cf. 18.24, etc.

II occurrence, matter, affair,

πᾶσαν τελευτὰν πράγματος Pi.O. 13.75

, cf. P.4.278;

τί τοῦδε σοὶ μέτεστι π. λέγε A.Eu.575

, cf. 584;

π. τοιόνδε συνηνείχθη γενέσθαι Hdt.5.33

, cf. 9.92, Th.2.64;

ἐς μέσον σφι προετίθεε τὸ π. Hdt.1.206

;

τί δ' εἰδὼς τοῦδε π. πέρι; S.Aj.747

codd.;

τὸ π. εἰς ὑπέρδεινόν μοι περιέστη D.21.111

; ὁρᾶτε τὸ π., οἷ προελήλυθε κτλ., Id.4.9, cf. 8.7.

2 thing, concrete reality,

ἆρ' ἔστιν αὔλησίς τι π.; Epich.171.1

; opp. ὄνομα, Pl.Cra.391b, 436a, And.4.27;

δύο π . . . τοιάδε, οἷον Κρατύλος καὶ Κρατύλου εἰκών Pl.Cra.432b

; ὡς ἀργαλέον π. ἐστίν c. inf., Ar.Pl.1;

οὐδὲ π. οὐθέν ἐστι παρὰ τὰ μεγέθη . . τὰ αἰσθητὰ κεχωρισμένον Arist. de An.432a3

, cf. Mete.379a32, Ph.226b30, 227b28;

διαμάχονται περὶ τοῦ λευκὸν ἢ μὴ λευκὸν εἶναι τὸ π. Plu.2.1109d

, cf. 1112d;

ἐξ ἀζωΐας καὶ ζωῆς συγκείμενον π. Porph.Sent.21

: pl.,

τῶν π. ἀΐδιος ἔσσα Philol.6

, cf. Democr.164, Arist.Xen.974a25, Pol.1252a24;

τὰ μετέωρα π. Ar.Nu.228

, cf. 250, 741; opp. ὀνόματα, Pl.Cra.39oe, D.9.15.

b contemptuously, thing, creature, κακῷ πράγματι wretched creature, viz. the sophist, Pl.Prt.312c; τούτῳ τῷ π., viz. the demos, Id.Grg.520b;

ὁ δῆμος ἀσταθμητότατον π. D.19.136

; ἄμαχον π., of a woman, X. Cyr.6.1.36.

3 like πρᾶξις 1.2,

ὄφελος 1

, in Hdt., πρῆγμά ἐστι or ἐστί μοι, c. inf., it is advantageous for me,

εὕρισκε π. οἱ εἶναι ἐλαύνειν 1.79

, cf. 4.11: with a neg.,

εὕρισκέ οἱ οὐ π. εἶναι στρατεύεσθαι Id.7.12

: also c. acc. et inf., οὐδὲν ἂν εἴη π. γνώμας ἐμὲ σοὶ ἀποφαίνεσθαι there will be no advantage or need, Id.1.207; π. ἂν ἦν μοῦνον the only thing needful, Id.7.130.

4 thing of consequence or importance, π. ποιήσασθαι [τι] ib.150;

π. οὐδὲν ἐποιήσαντο Id.6.63

; οὐδὲν π., ὦ Σώκρατες no matter, S., Pl.Grg.447b, cf. E.Med.451;

ὡς . . οὐδὲν ὂν π., εἰ καὶ ἀποθάνοι Pl.Euthphr.4d

; δῆλον ἦν ὅτι π. τι εἴη that there was something the matter, X.An.4.1.17.

b π. ἐστί μοι it concerns me, σφίσι τε καὶ Ἀθηναίοισι εἶναι οὐδὲν π. they had nothing to do with the A., Hdt.5.84, cf. D.18.283; ᾧ μὴ π. μὴ εἰσίναι no admittance except on business, Sammelb.6152.22 (i B. C.): c. gen. rei, οἷς μηδὲν ἦν π. τοῦ πολέμου who were not concerned in the war, Plu.Pomp.65; τὸ σὸν τί ἐστι π.; what is your pursuit or business, what are you about? Pl. Ap.20c, cf. Alc.1.104d.

c μέγα π. a man of consequence, D.35.15;

τὸ μέγα π. ἐν τῇ πόλει Men.Sam.175

; ἦν μέγιστον π. Δημοκήδης παρὰ βασιλέϊ he was made much of by the king, Hdt.3.132; π. μέγα φρέατος a fine large tank, Alex.179.

5 used of a battle, action, affair,

ὡς οἱ σωθέντες ἐκ τοῦ π. ἀπέφυγον X.HG7.1.17

.

6 τὸ π. the love-affair of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Aeschin.1.132.

7 fact, opp. λόγος, ὄνομα, Arist. Top.146a3, SE175a8;

πρὸς τὸ π. καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν Id.Ph.263a17

: pl.,

οὐκ ἐχρῆν τῶν π. τὴν γλῶσσαν ἰσχύειν πλέον E.Hec.1188

.

8 matter in hand, question, Hp.Acut.39;

πρὸς τὸ π. Pl.Men.87a

, Arist.APr.70a32, D.54.26;

διαιρεῖν κατὰ τὸ π. Arist. Pol.1299b18

; ἔξω τοῦ π., v. ἔξω 1.2b.

III in pl., πράγματα,

1 circumstances, affairs,

τὰ ἀνθρωπήϊα π. Hdt.1.207

;

ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ ἀγαθοῖς π. Th.3.82

, cf. 1.89; τοῖς π. τέθνηκα τοῖς δ' ἔργοισιν οὔ by circumstances, not by acts, E.Hel.286;

ἐν τοιούτοις π. X.Mem.2.7.2

, An.2.1.16, etc.;

δεινὸς πράγμασι χρῆσθαι D.1.3

, cf. X.HG3.5.1;

τύχη τὰ θνητῶν πράγματ', οὐκ εὐβουλία Chaerem.2

; ἀποτυγχάνειν τῶν π. fail to prosper, X.Mem.4.2.28; the condition of a patient,

τὰ τῶν νοσεύντων π. Hp.Prog.1

(also in sg.,

ἐξαπίνης ὅλῳ τῷ π. μεταβάλλειν Id.Acut. 35

; so also poet.,

ποῦ ποτ' εἰμὶ πράγματος; S.Tr.375

, cf.Aj.314).

2 state-affairs,

τὰ πολιτικὰ π. Pl.Ap.31d

; ἔστ' ἐν ἡμῖν τῆς πόλεως τὰ π. the fortunes of the state, Ar.Lys.32; a state or empire, τὰ Περσικὰ π. the Persian power, Hdt.3.137;

τὰ Περσέων π. Id.7.50

, etc.;

διαπεπόρθηται τὰ Περσῶν π. A.Pers.714

;

ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων τὰ π. ἐγένετο Th.1.74

;

μὴ ὥσπερ θεῷ νομίζετ' ἐκείνῳ τὰ παρόντα πεπηγέναι π. ἀθάνατα D.4.8

, cf. 44, etc.;

παρασπάσασθαί τι τῶν ὅλων π. Id.1.3

; of government,

καταλαμβάνειν τὰ π. Hdt.6.39

, cf. Th.3.30 ([voice] Pass.); ἔχειν τὰ π. ib.62,72, cf. Hdt.6.83;

κατέχειν τὰ π. Th.4.2

;

ἐς μέσον Πέρσῃσι καταθεῖναι τὰ π. Hdt.3.80

; οἱ ἐν τοῖς π. those who are in power or office, Th.3.28, D.9.56, Arist.Pol.1307b10;

οἱ ἐπὶ τοῖς π. ὄντες D.9.2

;

οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν π. Id.18.247

, cf. Plb.3.69.4, LXX 1 Ma.3.32; [full] ἐν

τυραννίδι καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ πράγμασι Plu.2.150c

; τριῶν ἀνδρῶν δημοσίων π. ἀποκαταστάσεως, = Lat. triumvir reipublicae constituendae, Sammelb. 4224.2 (i B. C.);

κοινωνοὶ τῶν π. X.HG2.3.17

;

νεώτερα π.

innovations,

Lys.13.6

, Isoc.7.59, etc., cf. Hdt.5.19; but εὐνούστατος τοῖς π. a friend to things as they are, Lys.12.65.

3 fortunes, cause, circumstances, Hdt.7.236, 237;

κοινὰ π. E.IT1062

;

τέρας γὰρ ὁ βίος καὶ τὰ π. ἐστί μου Id.Hel.260

;

ἔρρει τἀμὰ π. X.Smp.1.15

, cf. E.Alc.280: τὰ π. alone, one's all, one's fortunes,

ἐν ᾧπέρ ἐστι πάντα μοι τὰ π. Ar.Ach. 474

; = κτήματα, Hp. (Lex5?) ap.Erot.: in sg.,

φαῦλον γὰρ ἂν εἴη τὸ ἐμὸν π. Pl.Hp.Ma.286e

, cf. Cri.53d, Ap.42a.

4 business, esp. lawbusiness,

πρός τινα Antipho 6.12

, Th.1.128;

οὔτε ἐμαυτοῦ οὔτε ἀλλότρια π. πράξας Lys.12.3

;

δικῶν γὰρ οὐ δέομ' οὐδὲ πραγμάτων Ar.V.1426

;

πράγματα κἀντιγραφάς Id.Nu.471

: metaph. in sg., πονηρὸν τὸ π. ἔχειν to have a bad case, Arist.Rh.1415b22.

5 in bad sense, trouble, annoyance,

ἁπάντων αἰτίους τῶν π. Ar.Ach.310

; πρήγματα ἔχειν, c. part., to have trouble about a thing, Hdt.7.147, cf. Pl.Tht.174b, etc.;

π. ἔχειν ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ X.Cyr.1.3.4

, etc.;

π. λαμβάνειν Id.Lac.2.9

; π. παρέχειν τινί to cause one trouble, Hdt.1.155, Ar.Pl.20, al.: c. inf., cause one the trouble of doing, Pl.Phd.115a, X.Cyr.4.5.46, Ar.V.313;

πραγμάτων . . ἀπαλλαγείς Id.Ach.269

(lyr.), cf. Pl.Ap.41d, R.406e; ἄνευ πραγμάτων, σὺν πράγμασι, D.1.20, X.An.6.3.6: less freq.in sg.,

μηδὲν πρῆγμα παρέχειν Hdt.7.239

.