I.a doing, transaction, business, πλεῖν κατὰ πρῆξιν on a trading voyage, Od.; πρῆξις δ᾽ ἥδ᾽ ἰδίη, οὐ δήμιος a private, not a public affair, id=Od.
2.the result or issue of a business, οὐ γάρ τις πρ. πέλεται γόοιο no good comes of weeping, Il.; so, ὄυ τις πρ. ἐγίγνετο μυρομένοισιν Od.; πρ. οὐρίαν θέλων Aesch.; χρησμῶν πρ. their issue, id=Aesch.
II.an acting, transacting, doing, κακότητος Theogn.; πρ. πολεμική, ποιητική, πολιτική Plat.:— action, opp. to πάθος, id=Plat.; ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι in actual life, id=Plat.
III.an action, act, Soph., etc.
IV.like τὸ εὖ or κακῶς πράσσειν, a doing well or ill, faring so and so, one's fortune, state, condition, Hdt., Aesch., etc.
V.practical ability, dexterity, Polyb.:— also, practice, trickery, id=Polyb.
VI.the exaction of money, recovery of outstanding debts or arrears, πρ. συμβολαίων Plat., Dem.:—hence, the exaction of vengeance, retribution, Eur.
VII.in pl. public or political life, Dem.
