πρᾶξις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πρῆξῐς (prêxĭs) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

From πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō, “I do, practice”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prâːk.sis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈprak.sis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈprak.sis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈprak.sis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈprak.sis/

Noun

πρᾶξῐς • (prâxĭs) f (genitive πρᾱ́ξεως); third declension

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πρᾶξῐς; τῆς πρᾱ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πρᾶξῐς hē prâxĭs	τὼ πρᾱ́ξει tṑ prā́xei	αἱ πρᾱ́ξεις hai prā́xeis
Genitive	τῆς πρᾱ́ξεως tês prā́xeōs	τοῖν πρᾱξέοιν toîn prāxéoin	τῶν πρᾱ́ξεων tôn prā́xeōn
Dative	τῇ πρᾱ́ξει tēî prā́xei	τοῖν πρᾱξέοιν toîn prāxéoin	ταῖς πρᾱ́ξεσῐ / πρᾱ́ξεσῐν taîs prā́xesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πρᾶξῐν tḕn prâxĭn	τὼ πρᾱ́ξει tṑ prā́xei	τᾱ̀ς πρᾱ́ξεις tā̀s prā́xeis
Vocative	πρᾶξῐ prâxĭ	πρᾱ́ξει prā́xei	πρᾱ́ξεις prā́xeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ᾱ̔ πρᾶξῐς; τᾶς πρᾱ́ξῐος (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ᾱ̔ πρᾶξῐς hā prâxĭs	τὼ πρᾱ́ξῐε tṑ prā́xĭe	ταὶ πρᾱ́ξῐες taì prā́xĭes
Genitive	τᾶς πρᾱ́ξῐος tâs prā́xĭos	τοῖν πρᾱξῐ́οιν toîn prāxĭ́oin	τᾶν πρᾱξῐ́ων tân prāxĭ́ōn
Dative	τᾷ πρᾱ́ξῑ tāî prā́xī	τοῖν πρᾱξῐ́οιν toîn prāxĭ́oin	ταῖς πρᾱξῐ́εσσῐ / πρᾱξῐ́εσσῐν taîs prāxĭ́essĭ(n)
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν πρᾶξῐν tā̀n prâxĭn	τὼ πρᾱ́ξῐε tṑ prā́xĭe	τᾱ̀ς πρᾱ́ξῑς / πρᾱ́ξῐᾰς tā̀s prā́xīs / prā́xĭăs
Vocative	πρᾶξῐ prâxĭ	πρᾱ́ξῐε prā́xĭe	πρᾱ́ξῐες prā́xĭes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

ἀνάπραξις (anápraxis)
ἀντίπραξις (antípraxis)
διάπραξις (diápraxis)
εἴσπραξις (eíspraxis)
ἔκπραξις (ékpraxis)
ἔμπραξις (émpraxis)
εὐπρᾱξίᾱ (euprāxíā)
κατάπραξις (katápraxis)
Πραξαγόρας (Praxagóras)
Πράξανδρος (Práxandros)
Πραξιθέα (Praxithéa)
Πραξιτέλης (Praxitélēs)
Πραξιφάνης (Praxiphánēs)
σύμπραξις (súmpraxis)

Descendants

Greek: πράξη (práxi)
Mariupol Greek: пра́кси (práksi)
→ Coptic: ⲡⲣⲁⲝⲓⲥ (praksis)
→ Czech: praxe
→ English: praxis
→ German: Praxis
→ Latin: prāxis
- Italian: prassi
→ Macedonian: пракса (praksa)
→ Old Armenian: պրակ (prak)
- Armenian: պրակ (prak)
→ Pannonian Rusyn: пракса (praksa)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: пракса

Latin script: praksa
→ Portuguese: práxis
→ Spanish: praxis
→ Swedish: praxis
→ Classical Syriac: ܦܪܟܣܝܣ

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πρᾱ́σσω (> DER > 1. πρᾶξις, πρῆξῐς)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1229-1230

“πρᾶξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πρᾶξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πρᾶξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
“πρᾶξις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G4234 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
πρᾶξις in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accomplishment idem, page 6.
- act idem, page 9.
- action idem, page 9.
- affair idem, page 16.
- behaviour idem, page 71.
- business idem, page 106.
- circumstance idem, page 133.
- commission idem, page 148.
- conduct idem, page 157.
- deed idem, page 202.
- demeanour idem, page 209.
- despatch idem, page 216.
- ethics idem, page 284.
- exaction idem, page 286.
- execution idem, page 290.
- extortion idem, page 297.
- fortune idem, page 340.
- fulfilment idem, page 348.
- morality idem, page 540.
- performance idem, page 607.
- perpetration idem, page 607.
- plight idem, page 621.
- proceeding idem, page 644.
- state idem, page 812.
- thing idem, page 867.
- transaction idem, page 888.

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πρᾱ́σσω (> DER > 1. πρᾶξις, πρῆξῐς)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1229-1230

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