πραγματεύομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[πρηγματεύομαι]], aor. ἐπραγματευσάμην, Ion. <b class="b3">ἐπρηγμ-</b>, Hp.''Epid.''6.8.32, X.''Oec.''10.9, etc.; also [[ἐπραγματεύθην]], Ion. <b class="b3">ἐπρηγμ-</b>, Hdt.2.87, Isoc.12.249: pf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> πεπραγμάτευμαι Id.11.1, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 99d, 100b, al.; also in pass. sense, v. infr.:—[[busy oneself]], [[take trouble]], <b class="b3">ἀπέδωκαν τὸν νεκρὸν οὐδὲν ἔτι πρηγματευθέντες</b> Hdt.l.c., cf.[[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''437c; π. περὶ σωφροσύνης Id.''R.''430d, cf. ''Cra.''425c; περὶ τὰ ὄντα Id.''Tht.''187a, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.2.7, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1102a22, etc.; <b class="b3">πολλὰ ἐπί τινι π.</b> [[work at]] at thing, [[labour to bring]] it [[about]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.3.15; πρός τι Pl.''Erx.''398a; <b class="b3">πραγματεύονται ὅπως ἄρξουσι</b> [[exert themselves]] to... X.''Lac.''14.5:abs., [[Theophrastus]] ''HP''4.4.1; <b class="b3">μηδὲν πραγματεύου</b> do not [[worry]], Id.''Char.''18.9: c.inf., [[exert oneself]] to... Plu.''Them.''19.<br><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be engaged in business]], [[spend one's time in business]], [[ὅληντὴννύκτα]] all nightlong, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.4.26; π.καὶ κακοπαθεῖν τὸν βίον ἅπαντα [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1176b29, cf.1122a9; simply, [[conduct a business]], PCair.Zen.199.11 (iii B. C.); [[transact business]], of clerks, ib. 647.11 (iii B. C.); <b class="b3">π. ἀπὸ ἐμπορίας καὶ δανεισμῶν</b> [[make money]] by trade and loans, Plu.''Cat.Mi.''50, cf.''Sull.''17, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ πραγματευόμενοι</b>, = Lat. [[negotiatores]], ''OGI''532.6 (Galatia), cf.''SIG''797.10 (Assus, i A.D.): c.acc., <b class="b3">π. τὸ συνηγορικὸν καὶ (τὸ) ἐπιδέκατον</b>, of a tax-farmer, ''Ostr.''1537 (ii B. C.), ''PLeid.F''in ''Ostr.''i p.302; τὴν ὑϊκὴν π. ''PSI''4.384.2 (iii B. C.); generally, of officials, to [[be employed in public affairs]], PGnom.174 (ii A. D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. acc. rei, [[take in hand]], [[treat laboriously]], [[be engaged in]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 361d, ''Hp.Ma.''304c, D.18.26, etc.; [[undertake]], τὸν δεύτερον πλοῦν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 99d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of authors, [[elaborate]] a work, Ar.''Nu.''526; of a science, [[work out]], ἃ θέλει Archyt.4; [[treat of]], περὶ φύσεως πάντα [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''989b33, cf. Epicur.''Nat.''15.34; περί τινος Arist.''Ph.''193b31; περί τι Id.''Metaph.''1025b17, Phld.''Mus.''p.96K., al.; <b class="b3">τοιαύτην οὐκ ἐπραγματεύθησαν ἀκριβολογίαν περὶ τὰς φλέβας</b> [[did]] not [[use]] such precision [[in treating]] of... Arist.''HA''513a9.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of historians, [[treat systematically]], τὰς πράξεις Plb.1.4.3: abs., οἱ πραγματευόμενοι [[systematic historians]], Id.5.33.5, etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> simply, [[write]], [[treat]], ποιητὴς ὢν πεπραγμάτευται περὶ τὸ ἱερόν ''IG''11(4).544.5 (Delos, iii B. C.); <b class="b3">τὰ πεπραγματευμένα ὑπ' αὐτῶ</b> his [[works]], [[composilions]], ''SIG''721.8 (Crete, ii/i B. C.), cf. 702.5 (Delph., ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> Pass., mostly pf. [[πεπραγμάτευμαι]], to [[be laboured at]], [[elaborated]], Pl.''Ap.''22b, ''Prm.''129e; <b class="b3">δόρυ ὡσαύτως -ευμένον</b> X ''Eq.''8.10; αἱ εἰς τὸν παῖδα -ευμέναι μεταφοραί Aeschin.1.167; also pres., Arist.''EE''1215a30.