doing, transaction, business, πρᾶξις,εως, Ep. and Ion. πρῆξις,ιος , ἡ: (πράσσω):— A. doing, transaction, business,[ πλεῖν] κατὰ πρῆξιν on a trading voyage, Od. 3.72 ; ἐπὶ πρῆξιν ἔπλεον h.Ap. 397
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doing, transaction, business, πρᾶξις,εως, Ep. and Ion. πρῆξις,ιος , ἡ: (πράσσω):— A. doing, transaction, business,[ πλεῖν] κατὰ πρῆξιν on a trading voyage, Od. 3.72 ; ἐπὶ πρῆξιν ἔπλεον h.Ap. 397
action 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
roofed colonnade, cloister στοά,ᾶς,ἡ, SIG 29 (Attic, found at Delphi,vi/v B.C.), al., IG 12.115.7 , al.; alsoστοιά(in anapaest. verse) Ar. Ec. 676 , 684 , 686 , and in some dialect Inscrr., IG 12(3).1
kindred συγγέν-εια, ἡ, kinship, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 492, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.65, etc.; πρὸς συγγενείας καὶ κηδεστίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus
being with συνουσί-α, Ion. -ιη, ἡ: (συνών, συνοῦσα part.ofσύνειμι):— A. being withortogether, esp. for purposes of feasting or conversing,social intercourse, society, Hdt. 6.128 , A. Eu. 285 , S. OC
power, might δύνᾰμις[ῠ],ἡ , gen.εως, Ion. ιος, Ion. dat.δυνάμι: (δύναμαι):— A. power, might, in Hom. , esp. ofbodily strength, εἴ μοι δ. γε παρείη Od. 2.62 , cf. Il. 8.294 ; οἵη ἐμὴ δ. καὶ χεῖρες
habit/practice ἕξις, εως, ἡ, (ἔχω): __I (ἔχω transitive) having, being in possession of, possession, ἐπιστήμης ἕ., opposed to κτῆσις, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 197b; νοῦ [prev.
πολύς , Att. πολλή, πολύ; gen. πολλοῦ, ῆς , οῦ; dat. πολλῷ, ῇ, ῷ; acc. πολύν, πολλήν, πολύ :— Ion. πολλός Anacr. 43.3 , πολλή, πολλόν Xenoph. 9 , Democr. 219 , Hp. VM 1 , Herod. 3.19 ; also in Trag.,
good luck τύχη [ῠ], ἡ, Boeotian dialect τιούχα [[ “IG” 7.2809.1 (Hyettus, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], τούχα [[[prev. work]3083 (Lebad., 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: (τεύχω, τυγχάνω [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Ae
authority ὑπεροχ-ή, ἡ, (ὑπερέχω [[ 11)] Refs] projection, prominence, οὐ κνῖσα κρούει πινὸς ὑπεροχὰς ἄκρας; [[ 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 3, compare “Geoponica” 9.10.4] Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ ὑ. τῶν βου
b. χείρ,ἡ , χειρός, χειρί, χεῖρα,dualχεῖρε, χεροῖν,pl.χεῖρες, χερῶν, χεῖρας,penult. being regularly short, when the ult. is long; dat. pl. regularlyχερσί(χειρσίoccurs in cod.Vat. of LXX , as Jd. 7.19
hand χείρ, ἡ, χειρός, χειρί, χεῖρα, dual χεῖρε, χεροῖν, plural χεῖρες, χερῶν, χεῖρας, penultimate being regularly short, when the ultima is long; dative plural regularly χερσί (χειρσί occurs in codex
employment, use <> χρῆσις, εως,ἡ, (χράομαι) I. employment, usemade of a thing, ἀνέμων Pi. O. 11(10).2 ; χρημάτων Democr. 282 ; οἰκίας Pl. Erx. 394d , cf. SIG 987.33 (Chios,iv B. C.);τὴν κατ' ἀξ
power, authority ἐξουσ-ία,ἡ, (ἔξεστι) A. power, authorityto do a thing, c.inf., χαίρειν καὶ νοσεῖν ἐ. πάρεστι S. Fr. 88.11 codd.; αὐτῷ ἐ. ἦν σαφῶς εἰδέναι Antipho 1.6 , cf. Th. 7.12 ;ἐξουσίαν ὁ ν
authority ἐξουσ-ία, ἡ, (ἔξεστι) power, authority to do a thing, with infinitive, χαίρειν καὶ νοσεῖν ἐ. πάρεστι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 88.11 codices; αὐτῷ ἐ. ἦν σαφῶς εἰδέναι 5th
an invasion ἐπαγωγ-ή, ἡ, bringing on or to, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.82, 7.24. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] __2 bringing in to one's aid, introduction, τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐ. [[ [prev.
conversion ἐπιστροφ-ή,ἡ, turning about, τῆς τοῦ ἀτράκτου δίνης [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 620e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; twisting, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Pl
hero ἥρως, ὁ (also ἡ in signification 111), genitive ἥρωος (ἥρως codices in [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.303, perhaps to be read ἥρω?~Xος), “IG” 22.1641.6 (4th c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC
Μάγνης , ητος , ὁ , Magnesian , i.e. a dweller in Magnesia in Thessaly, Il. 2.756 , S. El. 705 , etc.; or in Magnesia in Lydia, Hdt. 3.90 , etc.: —fem. Μάγνησσα Theoc. 22.79 :—hence Μαγνησίη , ἡ , Mag
μέγᾰς , μεγάλη [ᾰ] , μέγᾰ , gen. μεγάλου, ης , ου , dat. μεγάλῳ, ῃ, ῳ , acc. μέγᾰν, μεγάλην, μέγᾰ ; dual μεγάλω, α , ω ; pl. μεγάλοι, μεγάλαι, μεγάλα , etc.: the stem μεγάλο - is never used in sg. nom
as great as, how great ὅσος, Ep. ὅσσος,η,ον, both forms in Hom. and Hes. ;ὅσσοςalso in A. Pers. 864 (lyr.); and in many dialects, e. g. Lesb., Alc. Oxy. 1788 Fr. 15 ii 18 (ὄσσος), Arg., IG 4.748.5 (
just as/how much ὅσος, Epic dialect ὅσσος, η, ον, both forms in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσσος also in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Per
much πολύς, Attic dialect πολλή, πολ; genitive πολλοῦ, ῆς, ou=; dative πολλῷ, ῇ, ; accusative πολύν, πολλήν, πολύ:—Ionic dialect πολλός [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 43.3 ] Refs 6th c.BC+], πολλή, πο
shadow σκῐά, ᾶς, Ionic dialect σκῐή, ῆς, ἡ, shadow, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.207 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σκιὰ ἀντίστοιχος ὥς like the shadow that is one's double, [[ 5th c.BC: Euri