πρᾶγμα
See also: πράγμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πρῆγμᾰ (prêgmă), πρῆχμᾰ (prêkhmă) — Ionic
Etymology
From πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō, “I do, practice”) + -μᾰ (-mă, result noun suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prâːŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpraɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpraɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpraɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpraɣ.ma/
Noun
πρᾶγμᾰ • (prâgmă) n (genitive πρᾱ́γμᾰτος); third declension
- deed, act, fact
- occurrence, matter, affair
- thing, concrete reality
- thing, creature
- thing of consequence or importance
- (in the plural) circumstances, affairs
- (in the plural, in bad sense) trouble, annoyance
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πρᾶγμᾰ tò prâgmă |
τὼ πρᾱ́γμᾰτε tṑ prā́gmăte |
τᾰ̀ πρᾱ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ prā́gmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πρᾱ́γμᾰτος toû prā́gmătos |
τοῖν πρᾱγμᾰ́τοιν toîn prāgmắtoin |
τῶν πρᾱγμᾰ́των tôn prāgmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πρᾱ́γμᾰτῐ tōî prā́gmătĭ |
τοῖν πρᾱγμᾰ́τοιν toîn prāgmắtoin |
τοῖς πρᾱ́γμᾰσῐ / πρᾱ́γμᾰσῐν toîs prā́gmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πρᾶγμᾰ tò prâgmă |
τὼ πρᾱ́γμᾰτε tṑ prā́gmăte |
τᾰ̀ πρᾱ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ prā́gmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πρᾶγμᾰ prâgmă |
πρᾱ́γμᾰτε prā́gmăte |
πρᾱ́γμᾰτᾰ prā́gmătă | ||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | πρᾶγμᾰ prâgmă |
πρᾱ́γμᾰτε prā́gmăte |
πρᾱ́γμᾰτᾰ prā́gmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | πρᾱ́γμᾰτος prā́gmătos |
πρᾱγμᾰ́τοιν / πρᾱγμᾰ́τοιῐν prāgmắtoi(ĭ)n |
πρᾱγμᾰ́των prāgmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | πρᾱ́γμᾰτῐ prā́gmătĭ |
πρᾱγμᾰ́τοιν / πρᾱγμᾰ́τοιῐν prāgmắtoi(ĭ)n |
πρᾱ́γμᾰσῐ / πρᾱ́γμᾰσῐν / πρᾱγμᾰ́τεσσῐ / πρᾱγμᾰ́τεσσῐν / πρᾱγμᾰ́τεσῐ / πρᾱγμᾰ́τεσῐν prā́gmăsĭ(n) / prāgmắtessĭ(n) / prāgmắtesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | πρᾶγμᾰ prâgmă |
πρᾱ́γμᾰτε prā́gmăte |
πρᾱ́γμᾰτᾰ prā́gmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πρᾶγμᾰ prâgmă |
πρᾱ́γμᾰτε prā́gmăte |
πρᾱ́γμᾰτᾰ prā́gmătă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀπρᾱ́γμων (aprā́gmōn)
- πρᾱγμᾰτᾶς (prāgmătâs)
- πρᾱγμᾰτείᾱ (prāgmăteíā)
- πρᾱγμᾰ́τευμᾰ (prāgmắteumă)
- πρᾱγμᾰτεύομαι (prāgmăteúomai)
- πρᾱγμᾰτευτέος (prāgmăteutéos)
- πρᾱγμᾰτευτής (prāgmăteutḗs)
- πρᾱγμᾰτευτῐκός (prāgmăteutĭkós)
- πρᾱγμᾰτῐ́ᾰς (prāgmătĭ́ăs)
- πρᾱγμᾰτῐκός (prāgmătĭkós)
- πρᾱγμᾰ́τῐον (prāgmắtĭon)
- πρᾱγμᾰτοδῐ́φης (prāgmătodĭ́phēs)
- πρᾱγμᾰτοειδής (prāgmătoeidḗs)
- πρᾱγμᾰτοκοπέω (prāgmătokopéō)
- πρᾱγμᾰτοκόπος (prāgmătokópos)
- πρᾱγμᾰτολογέω (prāgmătologéō)
- πρᾱγμᾰτομᾰθής (prāgmătomăthḗs)
- πρᾱγμᾰτοποιίᾱ (prāgmătopoiíā)
- πρᾱγμᾰτορρᾰ́φος (prāgmătorrhắphos)
- πρᾱγμᾰτώδης (prāgmătṓdēs)
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πρᾱ́σσω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1229-30
Further reading
- “πρᾶγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πρᾶγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πρᾶγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πρᾶγμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G4229 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- act idem, page 9.
- affair idem, page 16.
- business idem, page 106.
- case idem, page 116.
- circumstance idem, page 133.
- concern idem, page 155.
- deed idem, page 202.
- fact idem, page 300.
- job idem, page 463.
- matter idem, page 518.
- performance idem, page 607.
- problem idem, page 643.
- proceeding idem, page 644.
- step idem, page 815.
- thing idem, page 867.
- topic idem, page 881.
- transaction idem, page 888.