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[[opposed]] to [[idleness]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρᾶξις]], ἡ; see [[act]].

[[the hands of the young are braced for action]]: [[verse|V.]] [[νέων τοι δρᾶν μὲν ἔντονοι χέρες]] ([[Euripides]], ''Fragment'').

at [[law]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δίκη]], ἡ, [[ἀγών]], ὁ.

[[bring action against]]: [[prose|P.]] [[εἰς ἀγῶνα καθιστάναι]] (acc.).

[[virtue]], [[power]] (of [[drug]]s, etc.): [[verse|V.]] [[δύνασις]], ἡ, [[ἰσχύς]], ἡ.

[[battle]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔργον]], τό.

[[put ships out of action]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ναῦς ἄπλους ποιεῖν]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 7, 34).

some [[seven]] ([[ship]]s) were [[put out]] of [[action]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἑπτά τινες ἄπλοι ἐγένοντο]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 7, 34).

[[action]], as opposed to [[passivity]]: [[prose|P.]] [[πρᾶξις]], ἡ.
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