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πρᾶξις , εως, Ep. and Ion. πρῆξις , ιος, : (πράσσω):—
A.doing, transaction, business, [“πλεῖν] κατὰ πρῆξινon a trading voyage, Od.3.72; “ἐπὶ πρῆξιν ἔπλεονh.Ap.397; π. δ᾽ ἥδ᾽ ἰδίη, οὐ δήμιος a private, not a public affair, Od.3.82; “π. μηδὲ φίλοισιν ὅμως ἀνακοινέο πᾶσινThgn. 73; περί τινος π. the transaction respecting . . , Th.6.88.
3. euphem. for sexual intercourse, Pi. Fr.127, Aeschin.1.158, etc.; in full, “ π. γεννητικήArist.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.
VI. exaction of money, recovery of debts, arrears, etc., IG12.57.13, al.; “συμβολαίων πράξειςAnd.1.88; “τοῦ μισθοῦPl.Prt.328b; “τελῶνId.R.425d (pl.); παρὰ Ἀρτέμωνος . . ἔστω 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; “ π. ἔστω καθάπερ ἐκ δίκηςPEleph.1.12 (iv B.C.), etc.; “αἱ π. τῶν καταδικασθέντωνArist.Pol.1321b42.
2. exaction of vengeance, retribution,βαρβάρων χάριν γάμων πρᾶξιν ὡς Ἑλλὰς λάβοιE.IA272 (lyr.).
VII. public office, 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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