πρᾶγμα

See also: πράγμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πρῆγμᾰ (prêgma), πρῆχμᾰ (prêkhma) — Ionic

Etymology

From πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō, “I do, practice”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prâːŋ.ma/ → /ˈpraɣ.ma/ → /ˈpraɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prâːŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpraɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpraɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpraɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpraɣ.ma/

Noun

πρᾶγμᾰ • (prâgma) n (genitive πρᾱ́γμᾰτος); third declension

1. a thing done
2. a fact

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πρᾶγμᾰ; τοῦ πρᾱ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πρᾶγμᾰ tò prâgma	τὼ πρᾱ́γμᾰτε tṑ prā́gmate	τᾰ̀ πρᾱ́γμᾰτᾰ tà prā́gmata
Genitive	τοῦ πρᾱ́γμᾰτος toû prā́gmatos	τοῖν πρᾱγμᾰ́τοιν toîn prāgmátoin	τῶν πρᾱγμᾰ́των tôn prāgmátōn
Dative	τῷ πρᾱ́γμᾰτῐ tôi prā́gmati	τοῖν πρᾱγμᾰ́τοιν toîn prāgmátoin	τοῖς πρᾱ́γμᾰσῐ / πρᾱ́γμᾰσῐν toîs prā́gmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πρᾶγμᾰ tò prâgma	τὼ πρᾱ́γμᾰτε tṑ prā́gmate	τᾰ̀ πρᾱ́γμᾰτᾰ tà prā́gmata
Vocative	πρᾶγμᾰ prâgma	πρᾱ́γμᾰτε prā́gmate	πρᾱ́γμᾰτᾰ prā́gmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πραγματικός (pragmatikós)

Descendants

• → English: pragma
• Greek: πράγμα (prágma), πράμα (práma)

Further reading

• “πρᾶγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρᾶγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πρᾶγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πρᾶγμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G4229 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • act idem, page 9.
  • affair idem, page 16.
  • business idem, page 106.
  • case idem, page 116.
  • circumstance idem, page 133.
  • concern idem, page 155.
  • deed idem, page 202.
  • fact idem, page 300.
  • job idem, page 463.
  • matter idem, page 518.
  • performance idem, page 607.
  • problem idem, page 643.
  • proceeding idem, page 644.
  • step idem, page 815.
  • thing idem, page 867.
  • topic idem, page 881.
  • transaction idem, page 888.
• “pragmatic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.