πρᾶξις, εως,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect πρῆξις, ιος, ἡ: (πράσσω):— doing, transaction, business, [πλεῖν] κατὰ πρῆξιν on a trading voyage, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.72; ἐπὶ πρῆξιν ἔπλεον “hymnus ad Apollinem” 397 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. δ᾽ ἥδ᾽ ἰδίη, οὐ δήμιος a private, not a public affair, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.82; π. μηδὲ φίλοισιν ὅμως ἀνακοινέο πᾶσιν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 73 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ περί τινος π. the transaction respecting.., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.88. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 result or issue of a business, especially good result, success, οὐ γάρ τις πρῆξις πέλεται.. γόοιο no good comes of weeping, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.524; οὔ τις π. ἐγίγνετο μυρομένοισιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.202 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λυμαίνεσθαί τινι τὴν π. to spoil one's market, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. φίλαν δίδοι grant a happy issue. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.85; π. οὐρίαν θέλων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 814 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταχεῖά γ᾽ ἦλθε χρησμῶν π. their issue, [[ [prev. author] “Pers.” 739; ἄνευ τούτων οὐκ ἂν εἵη π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 2.2; δὸς πόρον καὶ π. τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ “PMag.Par.” 1.2366. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II doing, τῶν ἀγαθῶν (of persons) πρήξιες [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1026; ἡ τῶν ἀγαθῶν π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 163e; ἡ π. τῶν ἔργων 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.9 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; achievement, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.114 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πολεμική, πολιητική, πολιτική, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399a, “Sph.” 266d, “Men.” 99b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; action, opposed to πάθος, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 876d ] Refs]; opposed to ἕξις, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 434a ] Refs]; moral action, opposed to ποίησις, τέχνη, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1140a2, 1097a16 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ποιότης, [[ [prev. author] “Po.” 1450a18, compare “EN” 1178a35 (_plural_); ἤθη καὶ πάθη καὶ π. [prev. author] “Po.” 1447a28 ] Refs]; opposed to οἱ πολιτικοὶ λόγοι, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.44; ἔργῳ καὶ πράξεσιν, οὐχὶ λόγοις [prev. author] 6.3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι ὄντα τε καὶ πραττόμενα exhibited in actual life, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 271d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; action in drama, opposed to λόγος, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1454a18; μία π. ὅλη καὶ τελεία [prev. work] 1459a19, compare 1451b33 (_plural_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]