Πρᾶγος

affair, action, matter

Translated by Catharine Roth21 Apr 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 34 words
[*pra=gos means the same as] pra=cis.1 "It is not right for anyone of human beings to disregard a matter."2 If one is a human being, he is saying, one should not despise a matter.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πρᾶγος· ἡ πρᾶξις. πρᾶγος δ' ἀτίζειν οὐδεμ' ἀνθρώπων χρεών. ἄνθρωπον ὄντα, φησίν, οὐ δεῖ πρᾶγμα κακίζειν.

Betacode
*pra=gos: h( pra=cis. pra=gos d' a)ti/zein ou)dem' a)nqrw/pwn xrew/n. a)/nqrwpon o)/nta, fhsi/n, ou) dei= pra=gma kaki/zein.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword is a poetic neuter noun, equivalent (as we see here) to pra=cis and pra=gma; all are related to the verb pra/ttw/pra/ssw. ↩
  2. 2Approximate quotation of Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1153 (web address 1), with scholion. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

π2196Πραγματωδεστέρα τάξιςmore troublesome arrangement; rather troublesome arrangementπ2197Πραγμάτωνtroublesπ2198Πρᾶγοςaffair, action, matterπ2199Πραέων γῆνland of the meekπ2200Πραεῖαgentle, mild, soft
Revision history3 revisions · last 22 Oct 2021
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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