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πρᾶγμα , ατος, τό, Ion. πρῆχμα Schwyzer 688 B16, C5 (Chios, v B. C.), GDI5598.4 (Ephesus); also πρῆγμα Hdt.5.33, al., but Hdt. perh. wrote 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 (Erechtheum): (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 ὁδόνPi.O. 7.46; γυναίου π. ἐποίει did the act of a woman, D.25.57, cf. 18.24, etc.
b. contemptuously, thing, creature, κακῷ πράγματι wretched creature, viz. the sophist, Pl.Prt.312c; τούτῳ τῷ π., viz. the demos, Id.Grg.520b; “ δῆμος ἀσταθμητότατον π.D.19.136; ἄμαχον π., of a woman, X. Cyr.6.1.36.
3. like πρᾶξις 1.2, “ὄφελος1, in Hdt., πρῆγμά ἐστι or ἐστί μοι, c. inf., it is advantageous for me, “εὕρισκε π. οἱ εἶναι ἐλαύνειν1.79, cf. 4.11: with a neg., “εὕρισκέ οἱ οὐ π. εἶναι στρατεύεσθαιId.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.
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; 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 πόλειMen.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. ἀπέφυγονX.HG7.1.17.
6. τὸ π. the love-affair of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Aeschin.1.132.
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,
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. ἐγένετοTh.1.74; “μὴ ὥσπερ θεῷ νομίζετ᾽ ἐκείνῳ τὰ παρόντα πεπηγέναι π. ἀθάναταD.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 (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. ὄντεςD.9.2; “οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν π.Id.18.247, cf. Plb.3.69.4, LXX 1 Ma.3.32; ἐντυραννίδι καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ πράγμασιPlu.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.
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 δείπνῳX.Cyr.1.3.4, etc.; “π. λαμβάνεινId.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 . . ἀπαλλαγείςId.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 παρέχεινHdt.7.239.
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