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|mdlsjtxt=[[πρᾶγμα]], ''Ionic'' [[πρῆγμα]], ατος, τό, [[πράσσω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> that [[which]] has been done, a [[deed]], act, Lat. [[facinus]], Hdt., [[attic]]; τῶν πραγμάτων [[πλέον]] [[more]] [[than]] facts, Eur.; τὸ σὸν τί ἐστι τὸ πρ.; [[what]] is [[your]] [[work]] in [[life]]? Plat.; [[γύναιον]] πρ. ποιεῖν to do a [[woman]]'s [[work]], Dem.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> like Lat. res, a [[thing]], [[matter]], [[affair]], Hdt., [[attic]]; σφισί τε καὶ Ἀθηναίοις [[εἶναι]] οὐδὲν πρ. they had no [[thing]] in [[common]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[anything]] [[necessary]] or [[expedient]], πρῆγμά ἐστι, c. inf., it is [[necessary]], [[expedient]] to do, 'tis my [[duty]] or [[business]] to do, like Lat. [[opus]] est, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> a [[thing]] of [[consequence]] or [[importance]], πρ. ποιεῖσθαί τι Hdt.; of a [[person]], ἦν μέγιστον πρ. Δημοκήδης παρὰ βασιλέϊ he was made [[much]] of by the [[king]], Hdt.; ἄμαχον πρ., of a [[woman]], Xen.; ἀσταθμητότατον πρ. ὁ [[δῆμος]] Dem.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> used of a [[battle]], as we say an [[action]], [[affair]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> euphemism for [[something]] bad or [[disgraceful]], the [[thing]], the [[business]], Thuc.; Εὐρυβάτου [[πρᾶγμα]], οὐ πόλεως [[ἔργον]] his job, Dem.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> in plural, πράγματα,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> circumstances, affairs, Hdt., [[attic]]; τοῖς πράγμασιν [[τέθνηκα]] τοῖς δ' ἔργοισι δ' οὔ by circumstances, not by acts, Eur.; ἀπηλλάχθαι πραγμάτων to be [[quit]] of the [[business]] of [[life]], Plat.; ἀποτυγχάνειν τῶν πρ. to [[fail]] in [[success]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[state]]-affairs, Eur., etc.; τὰ πολιτικὰ πρ. Plat.:—also, τὰ Περσικὰ πρ. the Persian [[power]], Hdt.; ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων τὰ πρ. ἐγένετο Thuc.; καταλαμβάνειν τὰ πρ. to [[seize]] the [[government]], Lat. rerum potiri, Thuc.; ἔχειν, κατέχειν τὰ πρ. Thuc.; οἱ ἐν τοῖς πράγμασι, like οἱ ἐν τέλει, those who are in [[power]] or [[office]], the ministers, Thuc.; οἱ ἐπὶ τοῖς πρ. ὄντες, οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν πρ., Dem.:— νεώτερα πρ. innovations, Lat. res novae, Oratt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> one's [[private]] affairs or circumstances, Hdt., [[Attic]]<br /><b class="num">4.</b> in bad [[sense]], [[troublesome]] [[business]], [[trouble]], [[annoyance]], Ar.; πράγματα ἔχειν, c. [[part]]., to [[have]] [[trouble]] [[about]] a [[thing]], Hdt.; πρ. παρέχειν τινί to [[cause]] one [[trouble]], Hdt.; c. inf., to [[cause]] one the [[trouble]] of doing, Plat.