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πραγματεία

pragmateia

prosecution of business, diligent study

Appears 22 times across Plato's dialogues.

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πραγματεία, Ion.πρηγμᾰτίη, poet. πραγμᾰτίη Man. 1.38: ἡ:—A. prosecution of business, diligent study, Isoc. 1.44,5.7, Pl. Cra. 408a, al.; πόνων πολλῶν καὶ πραγματείας εἶναι D. 8.48; πλείονος εἶναι πρηγματίης Hp. VM 7; ἡ μάταιος π. [λογισμῶν] this idle attention to argumentations, X. Mem. 4.7.8; μετὰ πολλῆς π. with a great deal of trouble, PCair.Zen. 19.4 (iii B. C.). II. occupation, business, ἡ π. αὐτῆς (sc. τῆς ῥητορικῆς) ἅπασα . . εἰς τοῦτο τελευτᾷ Pl. Grg. 453a; ἡ τοῦ διαλέγεσθαι π. the business of dialectic, Id. Tht. 161e; τοῦ πολιτικοῦ . . πᾶσα ἡ π. περὶ πόλιν [ἐστί] Arist Pol. 1274b37, cf. EN 1105a11; ἡ δημηγορικὴ π. the business of oratory, Id. Rh. 1354b24; ἀπὸ τῆς ἀναισχύντου π. ἀποστῆναι Aeschin. 3.242; πραγματεῖαι official duties, opp. ἀρχαί, ib.13, cf.PTeb. 5.143, al. (ii B. C.); esp. law-business, lawsuit, Isoc. 2.18, al.; ἡ περὶ τὰ δικαστήρια π. Id. 15.31: pl., affairs in general, κάτω βλέπειν εἰς ἀνθρώπων πραγματείας Pl. R. 500c; μεθισταμένων πραγματειῶν Antipho 2.4.9 (nisi leg. πραγμάτων); troubles, D. 61.37, Epicur. Ep. 1p.28U.; πρὸς ἔθνη τὴν π. ἔχειν to have dealings with . . , Str. 9.2.2. b. pl., works, of the buildings of Solomon, LXX 3 Ki. 9.1. III. treatment of a subject, εἰδέων Archyt. 4; ἡ τοῦ ἐπιπέδου π., as a definition of plane geometry, Pl. R. 528d; ἡ Πλάτωνος π. Platoʼs system, Arist. Metaph. 987a30, cf.986a8, Epicur. Ep. 1p.3U., Phld. D. 1.17; manner of dealing with, ἡ περὶ τοὺς μάρτυρας π. Arist. Rh. 1376b4. 2. philosophical argument or treatise, Id. Top. 100a18, 101a26; τοῦ εἰδέναι χάριν ἡ π. Id. Ph. 194b18; ἡ παροῦσα π. οὐ θεωρίας ἕνεκα Id. EN 1103b26; the subject of such a treatise, τρεῖς αἱ π. Id. Ph. 198a30, cf. SE 183b4; ἡ περὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐκδοθεῖσα π. Str. 1.2.2, etc. 3. systematic or scientific historical treatise, Plb. 1.1.4, 1.3.1, D.S. 1.1, D.H. 1.74, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 13; Τρωϊκὴ π. the legends of the Trojan war, Arg.S. Aj.; π. συνέταξεν ἐν δράματι τῶν Δαρδάνου πράξεων τὰς μνημοσύνας BMus.Inscr. 3.444.18 (Iasus). 4. magical operation, spell, ἡ Σολομῶνος π. PMag.Par. 1.853, cf.776.
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