ἀπράγμων

See also: απράγμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ πρᾶγμα (prâgma) +‎ -ων (-ōn)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.prǎːŋ.mɔːn/ → /aˈpraɣ.mon/ → /aˈpraɣ.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.prǎːŋ.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpraɡ.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpraɣ.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpraɣ.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpraɣ.mon/

Adjective

ἀπρᾱ́γμων • (aprā́gmōn) m or f (neuter ἀπρᾶγμον); third declension

1. free from business, keeping clear of politics, enjoying an easy quiet life
2. not troublesome or painful, without trouble

Declension

Third declension of ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμων; ᾰ̓πρᾶγμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμων ăprā́gmōn	ᾰ̓πρᾶγμον ăprâgmon		ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονε ăprā́gmone	ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονε ăprā́gmone		ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονες ăprā́gmones	ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονᾰ ăprā́gmonă
Genitive		ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονος ăprā́gmonos	ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονος ăprā́gmonos		ᾰ̓πρᾱγμόνοιν ăprāgmónoin	ᾰ̓πρᾱγμόνοιν ăprāgmónoin		ᾰ̓πρᾱγμόνων ăprāgmónōn	ᾰ̓πρᾱγμόνων ăprāgmónōn
Dative		ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονῐ ăprā́gmonĭ	ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονῐ ăprā́gmonĭ		ᾰ̓πρᾱγμόνοιν ăprāgmónoin	ᾰ̓πρᾱγμόνοιν ăprāgmónoin		ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμοσῐ / ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμοσῐν ăprā́gmosĭ(n)	ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμοσῐ / ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμοσῐν ăprā́gmosĭ(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονᾰ ăprā́gmonă	ᾰ̓πρᾶγμον ăprâgmon		ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονε ăprā́gmone	ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονε ăprā́gmone		ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονᾰς ăprā́gmonăs	ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονᾰ ăprā́gmonă
Vocative		ᾰ̓πρᾶγμον ăprâgmon	ᾰ̓πρᾶγμον ăprâgmon		ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονε ăprā́gmone	ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονε ăprā́gmone		ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονες ăprā́gmones	ᾰ̓πρᾱ́γμονᾰ ăprā́gmonă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓πρᾱγμόνως ăprāgmónōs			ᾰ̓πρᾱγμονέστερος ăprāgmonésteros			ᾰ̓πρᾱγμονέστᾰτος ăprāgmonéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: απράγμων (aprágmon) (learned)

Further reading

• ἀπράγμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπράγμων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀπράγμων”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀπράγμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • apathetic idem, page 33.
  • detached idem, page 218.
  • easy-tempered idem, page 260.
  • inactive idem, page 427.
  • indifferent idem, page 433.
  • passive idem, page 597.
  • peaceable idem, page 600.
  • peaceful idem, page 601.
  • phlegmatic idem, page 610.
  • quiet idem, page 667.
  • retirement idem, page 707.
  • retiring idem, page 707.
  • tranquil idem, page 887.
  • unambitious idem, page 906.
  • undisturbed idem, page 915.
  • unenterprising idem, page 916.
  • untroubled idem, page 935.