ἀπραξία
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ᾰ̓- (a-, “un-, in-, non-”) + πρᾶξῐς (prâxis, “doing, action”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.praːk.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.prakˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.prakˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.prakˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.prakˈsi.a/
Noun
[edit]ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾱ • (aprāxíā) f (genitive ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- nonaction
- Synonym: ᾰ̓πρᾱγῐ́ᾱ (aprāgíā, concrete noun)
- 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.
- leisure, rest from business
- lack of success; futility
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾱ hē aprāxíā |
τὼ ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾱ tṑ aprāxíā |
αἱ ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́αι hai aprāxíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾱς tês aprāxíās |
τοῖν ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́αιν toîn aprāxíain |
τῶν ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐῶν tôn aprāxiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾳ têi aprāxíāi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́αιν toîn aprāxíain |
ταῖς ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́αις taîs aprāxíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾱν tḕn aprāxíān |
τὼ ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾱ tṑ aprāxíā |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s aprāxíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾱ aprāxíā |
ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́ᾱ aprāxíā |
ᾰ̓πρᾱξῐ́αι aprāxíai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
[edit]- ᾰ̓πρᾱγῐ́ᾱ (aprāgíā)
- ᾰ̓́πρᾱγος (áprāgos)
- ᾰ̓πρᾱκτέω (aprāktéō)
- ᾰ̓́πρᾱκτος (áprāktos)
- πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “ἀπραξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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