πραγματεία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[πρηγματίη]], poet. [[πραγματίη]] <span class="bibl">Man.1.38</span>: ἡ:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[prosecution of business]], [[diligent study]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.44</span>,<span class="bibl">5.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>408a</span>, al.; πόνων πολλῶν καὶ πραγματείας εἶναι <span class="bibl">D.8.48</span>; πλείονος εἶναι πρηγματίης <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>7</span>; [[ἡ μάταιος πραγματεία λογισμῶν]] [[this idle attention to argumentations]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.7.8</span>; [[μετὰ πολλῆς πραγματείας]] = [[with a great deal of trouble]], PCair.Zen.19.4 (iii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[occupation]], [[business]], ἡ πραγματεία αὐτῆς (''[[sc.]]'' τῆς ῥητορικῆς) ἅπασα… εἰς τοῦτο τελευτᾷ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>453a</span>; [[ἡ τοῦ διαλέγεσθαι πραγματεία]] = the [[business of dialectic]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span> 161e</span>; τοῦ πολιτικοῦ… πᾶσα ἡ πραγματεία περὶ πόλιν [ἐστί] Arist <span class="title">Pol.</span>1274b37, cf. <span class="title">EN</span>1105a11; [[ἡ δημηγορικὴ πραγματεία]] = [[the business of oratory]], Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1354b24; ἀπὸ τῆς ἀναισχύντου πραγματείας ἀποστῆναι <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.242</span>; [[πραγματεῖαι]] = [[official duties]], opp. [[ἀρχαί]], ib.13, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>5.143</span>, al. (ii B. C.); esp. [[law-business]], [[lawsuit]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.18</span>, al.; ἡ περὶ τὰ δικαστήρια πραγματεία <span class="bibl">Id.15.31</span>: pl., [[affairs]] in general, κάτω βλέπειν εἰς ἀνθρώπων πραγματείας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>500c</span>; μεθισταμένων πραγματειῶν <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.4.9</span> ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[πραγμάτων]]); [[troubles]], <span class="bibl">D.61.37</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.28U.</span>; [[πρὸς ἔθνη τὴν πραγματείαν ἔχειν]] = to [[have dealings with various nations]] <span class="bibl">Str.9.2.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> pl., [[works]], of the buildings of Solomon, <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>9.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[treatment]] of a subject, εἰδέων <span class="bibl">Archyt.4</span>; ἡ τοῦ ἐπιπέδου πραγματεία, as a definition of plane geometry, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>528d</span>; [[ἡ Πλάτωνος πραγματεία]] = [[Plato's system]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>987a30</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">986a8</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.3U.</span>, Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>1.17; [[manner of dealing with]], ἡ περὶ τοὺς μάρτυρας πραγματεία <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1376b4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[philosophical argument]] or [[philosophical treatise]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Top.</span>100a18</span>, <span class="bibl">101a26</span>; [[τοῦ εἰδέναι χάριν ἡ πραγματεία]] = [[knowledge is the object of our inquiry]], [[the aim of our investigation is knowledge]] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>194b18</span>; ἡ παροῦσα πραγματεία οὐ θεωρίας ἕνεκα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1103b26</span>; the subject of such a [[treatise]], τρεῖς αἱ πραγματεῖαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>198a30</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">SE</span>183b4</span>; ἡ περὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐκδοθεῖσα πραγματεία <span class="bibl">Str.1.2.2</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[systematic historical treatise]] or [[scientific historical treatise]], <span class="bibl">Plb.1.1.4</span>, <span class="bibl">1.3.1</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.1.74</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>13</span>; [[Τρωϊκὴ πραγματεία]] = [[the legends of the Trojan war]], Arg.S.Aj.; πραγματεία συνέταξεν ἐν δράματι τῶν Δαρδάνου πράξεων τὰς μνημοσύνας <span class="title">BMus.Inscr.</span>3.444.18 (Iasus). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[magical operation]], [[spell]], ἡ Σολομῶνος πραγματεία <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.853, cf.776.</span>