ἀπραξία

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ᾰ̓- (a-, un-, in-, non-) +‎ πρᾶξῐς (prâxis, doing, action) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾱ (aprāxíāf (genitive ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. nonaction
    Synonym: ᾰ̓πρᾱγῐ́ᾱ (aprāgíā, concrete noun)
    • 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 426:
      Οὔπω· τὸ μέλλον δ᾽ ῐ̓́σον ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾳ λέγω.
      Not yet; but I speak of the future as equal to not acting.
    • 360 BCE, Plato, The Sophist 262c:
       []· οὐδεμῐ́ᾰν γᾰ̀ρ οὔτε οὕτως οὔτ᾽ ἐκείνως πρᾶξῐν οὐδ᾽ ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾱν οὐδὲ οὐσῐ́ᾱν ὄντος οὐδὲ μὴ ὄντος δηλοῖ τᾰ̀ φωνηθέντᾰ, πρὶν ᾰ̓́ν τῐς τοῖς ὀνόμᾰσῐ τᾰ̀ ῥήμᾰτᾰ κερᾰ́σῃ.
  2. leisure, rest from business
  3. lack of success; futility

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • English: apraxia
  • Greek: απραξία (apraxía)

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