πραγμᾰτ-εία,
Ionic dialectπρηγμᾰτίη,
poetry πραγμᾰτίη [
Refs 4th c.AD+]: ἡ:—
prosecution of business, diligent study, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ μάταιος π. [λογισμῶν] this idle
attention to argumentations, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ πολλῆς π. with a great deal of
trouble, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II)
occupation, business, ἡ π. αὐτῆς (i.e. τῆς ῥητορικῆς) ἅπασα. εἰς τοῦτο τελευτᾷ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ διαλέγεσθαι π. the
business of dialectic, [
Refs]; τοῦ πολιτικοῦ. πᾶσα ἡ π. περὶ πόλιν [ἐστί] Arist [
Refs]; ἡ δημηγορικὴ π. the
business of oratory, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πραγματεῖαι
official duties, opposed to ἀρχαί, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; especially
law-business, lawsuit, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
plural,
affairs in general, κάτω βλέπειν εἰς ἀνθρώπων πραγματείας [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
troubles, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἔθνη τὴν π. ἔχειν to have
dealings with, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.b)
plural,
works, of the buildings of Solomon, [
LXX]
III)
treatment of a subject, εἰδέων [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ ἐπιπέδου π, as a definition of plane geometry, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ Πλάτωνος π. Plato's
system, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
manner of dealing with, ἡ περὶ τοὺς μάρτυρας π. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.2)
philosophical argument or
treatise, [
Refs];
the subject of such a treatise, τρεῖς αἱ π. [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.3)
systematic or
scientific historical treatise, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Τρωϊκὴ π.
the legends of the Trojan war, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
Aj; π. συνέταξεν ἐν δράματι τῶν Δαρδάνου πράξεων τὰς μνημοσύνας [
Refs]
III.4)
magical operation, spell, ἡ Σολομῶνος π. [
Refs]