πρακτικός

From πρᾱγ- (prāg-), the root of πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō, “to do”), + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, verbal adjective suffix).

πρᾱκτῐκός • (prāktĭkós) m (feminine πρᾱκτῐκή, neuter πρᾱκτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate for action
2. Fit for or concerned with action or business; practical
3. Active, effective
4. Able to bring about or effect [with genitive ‘something’]

• → Greek: πρακτική (praktikí) (learned)
• Latin: prācticus (see there for further descendants)

• “πρακτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρακτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πρακτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • business-like idem, page 106.
  • capable idem, page 111.
  • practical idem, page 631.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós) with semantic loan from French pratique.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /pɾa.ktiˈkos/
• Hyphenation: πρα‧κτι‧κός

πρακτικός • (praktikós) m (feminine πρακτική, neuter πρακτικό)

1. practical (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use)
2. practical (relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis)
3. practical (of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical)