Strong G4229πρᾶγμα
thing
- Transliteration
- pragma
- Pronunciation
- prag'-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G4238; a deed; by implication an affair; by extension an object (material): - business matter thing work.
Detailed definition
πρᾶγμα, -τος, τύ
(πράσσω), [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר;]
1. that which has been done, a deed, act: Luk.1:1, Act.5:4, 2Co.7:11, Heb.6:18.
2. That which is being done (like Lat. res), hence, a thing, matter, affair: Mat.18:19, Rom.16:2, 1Th.4:6 (see M, Th., in l), Heb.10:1 11:1, Jas.3:16; in forensic sense (as frequently in π., see Deiss., BS, 233), a law-suit: 1Co.6:1.†
(AS)
(πράσσω), [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר;]
1. that which has been done, a deed, act: Luk.1:1, Act.5:4, 2Co.7:11, Heb.6:18.
2. That which is being done (like Lat. res), hence, a thing, matter, affair: Mat.18:19, Rom.16:2, 1Th.4:6 (see M, Th., in l), Heb.10:1 11:1, Jas.3:16; in forensic sense (as frequently in π., see Deiss., BS, 233), a law-suit: 1Co.6:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4229 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- thing6
- matter3
- business1
- work1
First verses
- Matthew 18:19Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
- Luke 1:1Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
- Acts 5:4Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
- Romans 16:2That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
- 1 Corinthians 6:1Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
- 2 Corinthians 7:11For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
- Hebrews 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- Hebrews 10:1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
- Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
- James 3:16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πρᾶγμα, ατος, τό,
Ionic dialect πρῆχμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 688 B 16, C 5 (Chios, 5th c.BC), “GDI” 5598.4 (from Ephesus))]; also πρῆγμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.33, +others, but 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] perhaps wrote πρῆχμα, which is see[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (l. in 1.133 cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.144a (codex A), and in 3.49, 57 (“POxy.” 1619.326, 379))]; compare πρήχματος οὐχ ὁσίου imitated from [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus in “epigram Gr.” 1092 (from Erechtheum))]: (πράσσω):— deed, act, the concrete of πρᾶξις, but frequently approaching to the abstract sense, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 116, +others)]; opposed to λόγοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.12, etc.; πραγμάτων ὀρθὰν ὁδόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.46)]; γυναίου π. ἐποίει did the act of a woman, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.57, compare 18.24, etc.)]
II occurrence, matter, affair, πᾶσαν τελευτὰν πράγματος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.75, compare “P.” 4.278; τί τοῦδε σοὶ μέτεστι π. λέγε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 575, compare 584; π. τοιόνδε συνηνείχθη γενέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.33, compare 9.92, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64; ἐς μέσον σφι προετίθεε τὸ π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.206; τί δ᾽ εἰδὼς τοῦδε π. πέρ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 747 codices; τὸ π. εἰς ὑπέρδεινόν μοι περιέστη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.111)]; ὁρᾶτε τὸ π., οἷ προελήλυθε κτλ., [Refs ([prev. author] 4.9, compare 8.7.)]
II.2 thing, concrete reality, ἆρ᾽ ἔστιν αὔλησίς τι π.; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 171.1)]; opposed to ὄνομα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 391b, 436a, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.27; δύο π... τοιάδε, οἷον Κρατύλος καὶ Κρατύλου εἰκών 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 432b)]; ὡς ἀργαλέον π. ἐστίν with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1; οὐδὲ π. οὐθέν ἐστι παρὰ τὰ μεγέθη.. τὰ αἰσθητὰ κεχωρισμένον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 432a3, compare “Mete.” 379a32, “Ph.” 226b30, 227b28; διαμάχονται περὶ τοῦ λευκὸν ἢ μὴ λευκὸν εἶναι τὸ π. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1109d, compare 1112d; ἐξ ἀζωΐας καὶ ζωῆς συγκείμενον π. 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 21: _plural_, τῶν π. ἀΐδιος ἔσσα 5th-6th c.BC: Philolaus Philosophus 6, compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 164, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Xenophane” 974a25, “Pol.” 1252a24; τὰ μετέωρα π. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 228, compare 250, 741)]; opposed to ὀνόματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 39o e, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.15.)]
II.2.b contemptuously, thing, creature, κακῷ πράγματι wretched creature, i.e. the sophist, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 312c)]; τούτῳ τῷ π., i.e. the demos, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 520b; ὁ δῆμος ἀσταθμητότατον π. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.136)]; ἄμαχον π., of a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.36.)]
II.3 like{πρᾶξις}[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.2, ὄφελος 1, in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, πρῆγμά ἐστι or ἐστί μοι,)] with infinitive, it is advantageous for me, εὕρισκε π. οἱ εἶναι ἐλαύνειν [Refs (1.79, compare 4.11)]: with a negative, εὕρισκέ οἱ οὐ π. εἶναι στρατεύεσθαι [Refs ([prev. author] 7.12: also with _accusative_ et)]infinitive, οὐδὲν ἂν εἴη π. γνώμας ἐμὲ σοὶ ἀποφαίνεσθαι there will be no advantage or need, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.207)]; π. ἂν ἦν μοῦνον the only thing needful, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.130.)]
II.4 thing of consequence or importance, π. ποιήσασθαι [τι[Refs (] [prev. work] 150; π. οὐδὲν ἐποιήσαντο [prev. author] 6.63)]; οὐδὲν π., ὦ Σώκρατες no matter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 447b, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 451; ὡς.. οὐδὲν ὂν π., εἰ καὶ ἀποθάνοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4d)]; δῆλον ἦν ὅτι π. τι εἴη that there was something the matter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.17.)]
II.4.b π. ἐστί μοι it concerns me, σφίσι τε καὶ Ἀθηναίοισι εἶναι οὐδὲν π. they had nothing to do with the [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.84, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.283)]; ᾧ μὴ π. μὴ εἰσίναι no admittance except on business, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Sammelb. 6152.22 (1st c.BC):)] with genitive _of things_, οἷς μηδὲν ἦν π. τοῦ πολέμου who were not concerned in the war, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 65)]; τὸ σὸν τί ἐστι π.; what is your pursuit or business, what are you about? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 20c, cf. Alcaeus1.104d.)]
II.4.c μέγα π. a man of consequence, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.15; τὸ μέγα π. ἐν τῇ πόλει 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 175)]; ἦν μέγιστον π. Δημοκήδης παρὰ βασιλέϊ he was made much of by the king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.132)]; π. μέγα φρέατος a fine large tank, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 179.)]
II.5 used of a battle, action, affair, ὡς οἱ σωθέντες ἐκ τοῦ π. ἀπέφυγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.17.)]
II.6 τὸ π. the love-affair of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.132.)]
II.7 fact, opposed to λόγος, ὄνομα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 146a3, “SE” 175a8; πρὸς τὸ π. καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν [prev. author] “Ph.” 263a17: _plural_, οὐκ ἐχρῆν τῶν π. τὴν γλῶσσαν ἰσχύειν πλέον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1188.)]
II.8 matter in hand, question, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 39; πρὸς τὸ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 87a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 70a32, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.26; διαιρεῖν κατὰ τὸ π. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1299b18; ἔξω τοῦ π., see at {ἔξω} 1.2b.)]
III in plural, πράγματα,
III.1 circumstances, affairs, τὰ ἀνθρωπήϊα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207; ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ ἀγαθοῖς π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82, compare 1.89)]; τοῖς π. τέθνηκα τοῖς δ᾽ ἔργοισιν οὔ by circumstances, not by acts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 286; ἐν τοιούτοις π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.2, “An.” 2.1.16, etc.; δεινὸς πράγμασι χρῆσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.1; τύχη τὰ θνητῶν πράγματ᾽, οὐκ εὐβουλία 4th c.BC: Chaeremon Tragicus 2)]; ἀποτυγχάνειν τῶν π. fail to prosper, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.28)]; the condition of a patient, τὰ τῶν νοσεύντων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 1 (also in _sing._, ἐξαπίνης ὅλῳ τῷ π. μεταβάλλειν [prev. author] “Acut.” 35)]; so also poetry, ποῦ ποτ᾽ εἰμὶ πράγματο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 375, compare “Aj.” 314).)]
III.2 state-affairs, τὰ πολιτικὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 31d)]; ἔστ᾽ ἐν ἡμῖν τῆς πόλεως τὰ π. the fortunes of the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 32)]; a state or empire, τὰ Περσικὰ π. the Persian power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.137; τὰ Περσέων π. [prev. author] 7.50, etc.; διαπεπόρθηται τὰ Περσῶν π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 714; ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων τὰ π. ἐγένετο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.74; μὴ ὥσπερ θεῷ νομίζετ᾽ ἐκείνῳ τὰ παρόντα πεπηγέναι π. ἀθάνατα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.8, compare 44, etc.; παρασπάσασθαί τι τῶν ὅλων π. [prev. author] 1.3)]; of government, καταλαμβάνειν τὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.39, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.30 (_passive_); ἔχειν τὰ π. [prev. work] 62, 72,compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.83; κατέχειν τὰ π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.2; ἐς μέσον Πέρσῃσι καταθεῖναι τὰ π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80)]; οἱ ἐν τοῖς π. those who are in power or office, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.28, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.56, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307b10; οἱ ἐπὶ τοῖς π. ὄντες 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.2; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν π. [prev. author] 18.247, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.69.4, LXX.1Mac.3.32)]; ἐν τυραννίδι καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ πράγμασι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.150c)]; τριῶν ἀνδρῶν δημοσίων π. ἀποκαταστάσεως, = Latin triumvir reipublicae constituendae, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Sammelb. 4224.2 (1st c.BC))]; κοινωνοὶ τῶν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.17; νεώτερα π.)]innovations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.59, etc., compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.19)]; but εὐνούστατος τοῖς π. a friend to things as they are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.65.)]
III.3 fortunes, cause, circumstances, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.236, 237; κοινὰ π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1062; τέρας γὰρ ὁ βίος καὶ τὰ π. ἐστί μου [prev. author] “Hel.” 260; ἔρρει τἀμὰ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.15, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 280: τὰ π.)] alone, one's all, one's fortunes, ἐν ᾧπέρ ἐστι πάντα μοι τὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 474)]; ={κτήματα}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus (“Legal” 5 ?) cited in 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus: in _sing._, φαῦλον γὰρ ἂν εἴη τὸ ἐμὸν π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 286e, compare “Cri.” 53d, “Ap.” 42a.)]
III.4 business, especially lawbusiness, πρός τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.12, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.128; οὔτε ἐμαυτοῦ οὔτε ἀλλότρια π. πράξας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.3; δικῶν γὰρ οὐ δέομ᾽ οὐδὲ πραγμάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1426; πράγματα κἀντιγραφάς [prev. author] “Nu.” 471: _metaphorically_ in _sing._, πονηρὸν τὸ π. ἔχειν)] to have a bad case, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1415b22.)]
III.5 in bad sense, trouble, annoyance, ἁπάντων αἰτίους τῶν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 310)]; πρήγματα ἔχειν, with participle, to have trouble about a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.147, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174b, etc.; π. ἔχειν ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.4, etc.; π. λαμβάνειν [prev. author] “Lac.” 2.9)]; π. παρέχειν τινί to cause one trouble, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 20, +others)]: with infinitive, cause one the trouble of doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 115a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.46, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 313; πραγμάτων.. ἀπαλλαγείς [prev. author] “Ach.” 269 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 41d, “R.” 406e)]; ἄνευ πραγμάτων, σὺν πράγμασι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.3.6: less frequently in _sing._, μηδὲν πρῆγμα παρέχειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.239.)]
Ionic dialect πρῆχμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 688 B 16, C 5 (Chios, 5th c.BC), “GDI” 5598.4 (from Ephesus))]; also πρῆγμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.33, +others, but 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] perhaps wrote πρῆχμα, which is see[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (l. in 1.133 cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.144a (codex A), and in 3.49, 57 (“POxy.” 1619.326, 379))]; compare πρήχματος οὐχ ὁσίου imitated from [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus in “epigram Gr.” 1092 (from Erechtheum))]: (πράσσω):— deed, act, the concrete of πρᾶξις, but frequently approaching to the abstract sense, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 116, +others)]; opposed to λόγοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.12, etc.; πραγμάτων ὀρθὰν ὁδόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.46)]; γυναίου π. ἐποίει did the act of a woman, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.57, compare 18.24, etc.)]
II occurrence, matter, affair, πᾶσαν τελευτὰν πράγματος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.75, compare “P.” 4.278; τί τοῦδε σοὶ μέτεστι π. λέγε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 575, compare 584; π. τοιόνδε συνηνείχθη γενέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.33, compare 9.92, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64; ἐς μέσον σφι προετίθεε τὸ π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.206; τί δ᾽ εἰδὼς τοῦδε π. πέρ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 747 codices; τὸ π. εἰς ὑπέρδεινόν μοι περιέστη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.111)]; ὁρᾶτε τὸ π., οἷ προελήλυθε κτλ., [Refs ([prev. author] 4.9, compare 8.7.)]
II.2 thing, concrete reality, ἆρ᾽ ἔστιν αὔλησίς τι π.; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 171.1)]; opposed to ὄνομα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 391b, 436a, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.27; δύο π... τοιάδε, οἷον Κρατύλος καὶ Κρατύλου εἰκών 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 432b)]; ὡς ἀργαλέον π. ἐστίν with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1; οὐδὲ π. οὐθέν ἐστι παρὰ τὰ μεγέθη.. τὰ αἰσθητὰ κεχωρισμένον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 432a3, compare “Mete.” 379a32, “Ph.” 226b30, 227b28; διαμάχονται περὶ τοῦ λευκὸν ἢ μὴ λευκὸν εἶναι τὸ π. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1109d, compare 1112d; ἐξ ἀζωΐας καὶ ζωῆς συγκείμενον π. 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 21: _plural_, τῶν π. ἀΐδιος ἔσσα 5th-6th c.BC: Philolaus Philosophus 6, compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 164, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Xenophane” 974a25, “Pol.” 1252a24; τὰ μετέωρα π. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 228, compare 250, 741)]; opposed to ὀνόματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 39o e, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.15.)]
II.2.b contemptuously, thing, creature, κακῷ πράγματι wretched creature, i.e. the sophist, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 312c)]; τούτῳ τῷ π., i.e. the demos, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 520b; ὁ δῆμος ἀσταθμητότατον π. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.136)]; ἄμαχον π., of a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.36.)]
II.3 like{πρᾶξις}[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.2, ὄφελος 1, in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, πρῆγμά ἐστι or ἐστί μοι,)] with infinitive, it is advantageous for me, εὕρισκε π. οἱ εἶναι ἐλαύνειν [Refs (1.79, compare 4.11)]: with a negative, εὕρισκέ οἱ οὐ π. εἶναι στρατεύεσθαι [Refs ([prev. author] 7.12: also with _accusative_ et)]infinitive, οὐδὲν ἂν εἴη π. γνώμας ἐμὲ σοὶ ἀποφαίνεσθαι there will be no advantage or need, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.207)]; π. ἂν ἦν μοῦνον the only thing needful, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.130.)]
II.4 thing of consequence or importance, π. ποιήσασθαι [τι[Refs (] [prev. work] 150; π. οὐδὲν ἐποιήσαντο [prev. author] 6.63)]; οὐδὲν π., ὦ Σώκρατες no matter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 447b, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 451; ὡς.. οὐδὲν ὂν π., εἰ καὶ ἀποθάνοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4d)]; δῆλον ἦν ὅτι π. τι εἴη that there was something the matter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.17.)]
II.4.b π. ἐστί μοι it concerns me, σφίσι τε καὶ Ἀθηναίοισι εἶναι οὐδὲν π. they had nothing to do with the [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.84, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.283)]; ᾧ μὴ π. μὴ εἰσίναι no admittance except on business, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Sammelb. 6152.22 (1st c.BC):)] with genitive _of things_, οἷς μηδὲν ἦν π. τοῦ πολέμου who were not concerned in the war, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 65)]; τὸ σὸν τί ἐστι π.; what is your pursuit or business, what are you about? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 20c, cf. Alcaeus1.104d.)]
II.4.c μέγα π. a man of consequence, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.15; τὸ μέγα π. ἐν τῇ πόλει 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 175)]; ἦν μέγιστον π. Δημοκήδης παρὰ βασιλέϊ he was made much of by the king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.132)]; π. μέγα φρέατος a fine large tank, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 179.)]
II.5 used of a battle, action, affair, ὡς οἱ σωθέντες ἐκ τοῦ π. ἀπέφυγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.17.)]
II.6 τὸ π. the love-affair of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.132.)]
II.7 fact, opposed to λόγος, ὄνομα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 146a3, “SE” 175a8; πρὸς τὸ π. καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν [prev. author] “Ph.” 263a17: _plural_, οὐκ ἐχρῆν τῶν π. τὴν γλῶσσαν ἰσχύειν πλέον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1188.)]
II.8 matter in hand, question, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 39; πρὸς τὸ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 87a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 70a32, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.26; διαιρεῖν κατὰ τὸ π. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1299b18; ἔξω τοῦ π., see at {ἔξω} 1.2b.)]
III in plural, πράγματα,
III.1 circumstances, affairs, τὰ ἀνθρωπήϊα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207; ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ ἀγαθοῖς π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82, compare 1.89)]; τοῖς π. τέθνηκα τοῖς δ᾽ ἔργοισιν οὔ by circumstances, not by acts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 286; ἐν τοιούτοις π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.2, “An.” 2.1.16, etc.; δεινὸς πράγμασι χρῆσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.1; τύχη τὰ θνητῶν πράγματ᾽, οὐκ εὐβουλία 4th c.BC: Chaeremon Tragicus 2)]; ἀποτυγχάνειν τῶν π. fail to prosper, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.28)]; the condition of a patient, τὰ τῶν νοσεύντων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 1 (also in _sing._, ἐξαπίνης ὅλῳ τῷ π. μεταβάλλειν [prev. author] “Acut.” 35)]; so also poetry, ποῦ ποτ᾽ εἰμὶ πράγματο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 375, compare “Aj.” 314).)]
III.2 state-affairs, τὰ πολιτικὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 31d)]; ἔστ᾽ ἐν ἡμῖν τῆς πόλεως τὰ π. the fortunes of the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 32)]; a state or empire, τὰ Περσικὰ π. the Persian power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.137; τὰ Περσέων π. [prev. author] 7.50, etc.; διαπεπόρθηται τὰ Περσῶν π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 714; ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων τὰ π. ἐγένετο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.74; μὴ ὥσπερ θεῷ νομίζετ᾽ ἐκείνῳ τὰ παρόντα πεπηγέναι π. ἀθάνατα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.8, compare 44, etc.; παρασπάσασθαί τι τῶν ὅλων π. [prev. author] 1.3)]; of government, καταλαμβάνειν τὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.39, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.30 (_passive_); ἔχειν τὰ π. [prev. work] 62, 72,compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.83; κατέχειν τὰ π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.2; ἐς μέσον Πέρσῃσι καταθεῖναι τὰ π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80)]; οἱ ἐν τοῖς π. those who are in power or office, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.28, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.56, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307b10; οἱ ἐπὶ τοῖς π. ὄντες 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.2; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν π. [prev. author] 18.247, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.69.4, LXX.1Mac.3.32)]; ἐν τυραννίδι καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ πράγμασι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.150c)]; τριῶν ἀνδρῶν δημοσίων π. ἀποκαταστάσεως, = Latin triumvir reipublicae constituendae, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Sammelb. 4224.2 (1st c.BC))]; κοινωνοὶ τῶν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.17; νεώτερα π.)]innovations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.59, etc., compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.19)]; but εὐνούστατος τοῖς π. a friend to things as they are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.65.)]
III.3 fortunes, cause, circumstances, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.236, 237; κοινὰ π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1062; τέρας γὰρ ὁ βίος καὶ τὰ π. ἐστί μου [prev. author] “Hel.” 260; ἔρρει τἀμὰ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.15, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 280: τὰ π.)] alone, one's all, one's fortunes, ἐν ᾧπέρ ἐστι πάντα μοι τὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 474)]; ={κτήματα}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus (“Legal” 5 ?) cited in 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus: in _sing._, φαῦλον γὰρ ἂν εἴη τὸ ἐμὸν π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 286e, compare “Cri.” 53d, “Ap.” 42a.)]
III.4 business, especially lawbusiness, πρός τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.12, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.128; οὔτε ἐμαυτοῦ οὔτε ἀλλότρια π. πράξας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.3; δικῶν γὰρ οὐ δέομ᾽ οὐδὲ πραγμάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1426; πράγματα κἀντιγραφάς [prev. author] “Nu.” 471: _metaphorically_ in _sing._, πονηρὸν τὸ π. ἔχειν)] to have a bad case, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1415b22.)]
III.5 in bad sense, trouble, annoyance, ἁπάντων αἰτίους τῶν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 310)]; πρήγματα ἔχειν, with participle, to have trouble about a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.147, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174b, etc.; π. ἔχειν ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.4, etc.; π. λαμβάνειν [prev. author] “Lac.” 2.9)]; π. παρέχειν τινί to cause one trouble, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 20, +others)]: with infinitive, cause one the trouble of doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 115a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.46, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 313; πραγμάτων.. ἀπαλλαγείς [prev. author] “Ach.” 269 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 41d, “R.” 406e)]; ἄνευ πραγμάτων, σὺν πράγμασι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.3.6: less frequently in _sing._, μηδὲν πρῆγμα παρέχειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.239.)]