act
From LSJ
τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. πρᾶγμα, τό, πρᾶξις, ἡ, ἔργον, τό, Ar. and V. πρᾶγος, τό, V. ἔργμα, τό.
legislative act: P. and V. ψήφισμα, τό, ψῆφος, ἡ.
catchy in the act: P. and V. ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ λαμβάνειν, P. καταφωρᾶν.
caught in the act, adj.: P. αὐτόφωρος, V. ἐπίληπτος.
verb intransitive
P. and V. ποιεῖν, δρᾶν, πράσσειν.
act on the stage, verb transitive: P. ὑποκρίνεσθαι (acc.), ἀγωνίζεσθαι (Dem. 418 and 449); see also play.
