πρακτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρᾱγ- (prāg-), the root of πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō, “to do”), + -τῐκός (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /praːk.ti.kós/ → /prak.tiˈkos/ → /prak.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /praːk.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /prak.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /prak.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /prak.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /prak.tiˈkos/

Adjective

πρᾱκτῐκός • (prāktikós) m (feminine πρᾱκτῐκή, neuter πρᾱκτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate for action
2. Fit for or concerned with action or business; practical
3. Active, effective
4. Able to bring about or effect [with genitive ‘something’]

Inflection

First and second declension of πρᾱκτῐκός; πρᾱκτῐκή; πρᾱκτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πρᾱκτῐκός prāktikós	πρᾱκτῐκή prāktikḗ	πρᾱκτῐκόν prāktikón		πρᾱκτῐκώ prāktikṓ	πρᾱκτῐκᾱ́ prāktikā́	πρᾱκτῐκώ prāktikṓ		πρᾱκτῐκοί prāktikoí	πρᾱκτῐκαί prāktikaí	πρᾱκτῐκᾰ́ prāktiká
Genitive		πρᾱκτῐκοῦ prāktikoû	πρᾱκτῐκῆς prāktikês	πρᾱκτῐκοῦ prāktikoû		πρᾱκτῐκοῖν prāktikoîn	πρᾱκτῐκαῖν prāktikaîn	πρᾱκτῐκοῖν prāktikoîn		πρᾱκτῐκῶν prāktikôn	πρᾱκτῐκῶν prāktikôn	πρᾱκτῐκῶν prāktikôn
Dative		πρᾱκτῐκῷ prāktikôi	πρᾱκτῐκῇ prāktikêi	πρᾱκτῐκῷ prāktikôi		πρᾱκτῐκοῖν prāktikoîn	πρᾱκτῐκαῖν prāktikaîn	πρᾱκτῐκοῖν prāktikoîn		πρᾱκτῐκοῖς prāktikoîs	πρᾱκτῐκαῖς prāktikaîs	πρᾱκτῐκοῖς prāktikoîs
Accusative		πρᾱκτῐκόν prāktikón	πρᾱκτῐκήν prāktikḗn	πρᾱκτῐκόν prāktikón		πρᾱκτῐκώ prāktikṓ	πρᾱκτῐκᾱ́ prāktikā́	πρᾱκτῐκώ prāktikṓ		πρᾱκτῐκούς prāktikoús	πρᾱκτῐκᾱ́ς prāktikā́s	πρᾱκτῐκᾰ́ prāktiká
Vocative		πρᾱκτῐκέ prāktiké	πρᾱκτῐκή prāktikḗ	πρᾱκτῐκόν prāktikón		πρᾱκτῐκώ prāktikṓ	πρᾱκτῐκᾱ́ prāktikā́	πρᾱκτῐκώ prāktikṓ		πρᾱκτῐκοί prāktikoí	πρᾱκτῐκαί prāktikaí	πρᾱκτῐκᾰ́ prāktiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πρᾱκτῐκῶς prāktikôs				πρᾱκτῐκώτερος prāktikṓteros				πρᾱκτῐκώτᾰτος prāktikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓ντῐπρᾱκτῐκός (antiprāktikós)
• δῐᾰπρᾱκτῐκός (diaprāktikós)
• ἐμπρᾱκτῐκός (emprāktikós)
• κᾰτᾰπρᾱκτῐκός (kataprāktikós)
• πρᾱκτικεύομαι (prāktikeúomai)
• πρᾱκτῐκόν (prāktikón)
• σῠμπρᾱκτῐκός (sumprāktikós)

 

Descendants

• ⇒ Greek: πρακτική (praktikí)
• Latin: prācticus (see there for further descendants)

References

• “πρακτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρακτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πρακτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • business-like idem, page 106.
  • capable idem, page 111.
  • practical idem, page 631.