to do, esp. to do some great thing, good or bad, cf. Lat. facinus, attic; often opp. to πάσχω, ἄξια δράσας ἄξια πάσχων Aesch.; κακῶς δράσαντες οὐκ ἐλάσσονα πάσχουσι id=Aesch.; proverb., "δράσαντι παθεῖν" doers must suffer, id=Aesch.; πεπονθότα μᾶλλον ἢ δεδρακότα things of suffering rather than of doing, Soph.; so, τὸ δρῶν the doing of a thing, id=Soph.:— εὖ or κακῶς δρᾶν τινα to do one a good or ill turn, Theogn., Soph.
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