πραγμᾰτ-ικός, ή, όν,
fit for action or business, businesslike, statesmanlike, later Greek for πρακτικός, βασιλεύς, ἄνδρες, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.11.2, 7.12.2, +others] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; pragmatici homines, men of the world, men of affairs, [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 2.20.1 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; wise and prudent men, [[Vett. Val. 17.22 ] Refs]; πραγματική, ={ἐπιστήμη τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων πραγμάτων}, [[ Andronicus Epigrammaticus Rhod. p.574 ] Refs] M. adverb -κῶς[[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem” 2.14.2. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 substantive πραγματικός, ὁ, agent, attorney, π. τῆς πόλεως, τοῦ νομοῦ, [[ “Inscription Magn.” 189 (2nd c.AD), “PAmh.” 2.107.15 (2nd c.AD),compare “SIG” 888.101 (Scaptopara, 3rd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2.b Latin pragmaticus, legal adviser, [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “de Or.” 1.45.59, 1st c.AD: Quintilianus Rhetor Latinus “Inst.” 12.3.4, 1st c.AD: Juvenalis, D. Junius Poeta Latinus 7.123. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2.c civil official, opposed to military officer, [[ “PTeb.” 58.18 (2nd c.BC), “OGI” 139.7 (Egypt, 2nd c.BC), 669.21, +others ([prev. passage] 1st c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; civilian, opposed to στρατιωτικός, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.1.13; ἱερόδουλοι καὶ π. τοῦ ἱεροῦ LXX.1Esd.8.22. ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]
__3 π. τύπος, νόμος, = Latin pragmatica sanctio, [[ 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 7.2.1, “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.3.38.6. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]