Jastrow: פְּרַגְמָטוֹטֵיס

פְּרַגְמָטוֹטֵיס, פְּרַגְמַטִיוְטָא, פְּרַקְמַ׳ m. (πραγματευτής) trader, esp. travelling merchant. Ex. R. s. 19 ראו הפ׳ וכ׳ behold, that trader (that lodged with me) got up by night and took all my belongings with him. Koh. R. to XI, 1 פרגמטוזטוס, פרגמטוזטיס (corr. acc.). Lev. R. s. 3, beg. רעותיה דמתקרי פ׳ it is his ambition to be called a man of business; Yalk. Koh. 971 בר פרגמיטורא (corr. acc., or בר פְּרַגְמַטְיָא); Koh. R. to IV, 6 (some ed. פרגמטווטא); a. fr.—Pl. פְּרגְמָטוֹטֵין, פְּרַגְמָטִיוְטִין (פְּרַגְמָטָטִין, טָטַיָּא …). Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 (ref. to לשָׂרִים, Ps. XLV, 17, as though it were read לְשָׁרִים, v. שְׁיָירָה) יכול פרגמיט׳ (corr. acc.) you may think this means travelling merchants; Yalk. Ex. 276 פרגמטיטין. Gen. R. s. 76 מה אומנתכון פ׳ what is your trade? (We are) merchants. Pesik. Bayom, p. 195ᵃ. Pesik. R. s. 15 רמז לפרגמטטין וכ׳ this is a hint to travelling merchants and seafarers to remember and come home quickly; a. fr.