pragmaticus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pragmătĭcus: a, um, adj., = πραγματικός, prop.,
I skilled in business, esp. experienced in matters of law: pragmatici homines omnibus historiis cavere jubent et vetant credere, Cic. Att. 2, 20, 1.—Hence,
I Subst.
   A pragmătĭcus, i, m., = πραγματικός, one skilled in the law, who furnished orators and advocates with the principles on which they based their speeches: itaque illi disertissimi homines (Graeci) ministros habent in causis juris peritos, cum ipsi sint imperitissimi, et qui pragmatici vocantur, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 253 (dub.; bracketed by B. and K.): oratori pragmaticum adjutorem dare, id. ib. 1, 59, 253 (1, 45, 198, written as Greek); Quint. 12, 3, 4; Juv. 7, 123; Dig. 48, 17, 9.—
   B Pragmătĭca, ōrum, n., the title of a work by Attius, Gell. 20, 3; perh. the same which is called by Pliny Praxidica and Praxidicum, Plin. 1, ind. lib. 18; 18, 24, 55, § 200.—
II Adj., relating to civil affairs. So in late jurid. Lat.: pragmatica sanctio, or jussio, or annotatio, or constitutio, an imperial decree that referred to the affairs of a community, a pragmatic sanction, Cod. Just. 1, 2, 10; called pragmaticum rescriptum, Aug. Collat. cum Donatist. 3, c. 2; and absol.: pragmătĭcum, i, n., Cod. Th. 6, 23, 3; 16, 5, 52.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

prāgmătĭcus,¹⁶ a, um (πραγματικός),
1 relatif aux affaires politiques, intéressant la politique : Cic. Att. 14, 3, 2
2 habile, expérimenté en matière de droit : Cic. Att. 2, 20, 1 ; [d’où le subst.] pragmātīci Cic. de Or. 1, 253, praticiens [en grec πραγματικοί, auxiliaires des orateurs, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 198 ; Quint. 12, 3, 4 ; Juv. 7, 122 ]
3 pragmatica sanctio Cod. Just. 1, 2, 18 ; pragmaticum rescriptum Aug. Br. coll. Donat. 3, 2, 2, et abs^t pragmaticum, n., Cod. Th. 6, 23, 3, pragmatique sanction, rescrit de l’empereur.