ἀπράγμων
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English (LSJ)
ον, gen. ονος,
A free from business (πράγματα), easy-going, fond of quiet, esp. of those who refrain from meddling in politics, opp. πολυπράγμων, ὅστις δὲ πράσσει πολλά . . μωρὸς παρὸν ζῆν ἡδέως ἀπράγμονα E.Fr.193; τῶν ἀ. γε πόρνων κοὐχὶ τῶν σεμνῶν [τις ὤν] Eup.8.4D.; esp. with political connotation, not meddling in public affairs, 'mugwump', ἄν τιν' αὐτῶν γνῷς ἀπράγμον' ὄντα καὶ κεχηνότα Ar.Eq.261, cf. Antipho 3.2.1; αὐτουργοί τε καὶ ἀ. Pl.R.565a; ἀ. καὶ οὐ φιλόδικος D.40.32; ἀκάκους καὶ ἀ. Id.47.82; οἱ ἀ. οὐκ ἄδικοι Arist.Rh.1381a25; τὸν μηδὲν τῶνδε [τῶν πολιτικῶν] μετέχοντα οὐκ ἀπράγμονα ἀλλ' ἀχρεῖον νομίζομεν Th.2.40; πόλις ἀ. keeping clear of foreign politics, Id.6.18; ἡσυχία ἀ. Id.1.70; βίος ἀνδρὸς ἰδιώτου ἀπράγμονος Pl.R.620c; τὸ ἄ. Th.2.63; τόπος ἀ. a place free from law and strife, Ar.Av.44; ἀπόλαυσις ἀ. X. Mem.2.1.33. Adv. -μόνως without trouble or care, E.Fr.787; ἀ. ζῆν ἡδύ Apollod.Com.1.1. II of things, not troublesome or painful, τελευτὴν . . ἀπραγμονεστάτην τοῖς φίλοις X.Ap.7. Adv. -μόνως without trouble, Th.4.61, X.HG6.4.27; σῴζεσθαι Th.6.87; ὁ λόγος ἀ. εἴρηται carelessly, Arist.Mete.369b27: Comp. -έστερον X.Ages.4.1. 2 simple, ἐσθής Muson.Ep.4.
