PRA vSON »a±1/4, tov , a leek, Lat. porrum , Ar.
Prassai`o"
Prassai`o" , oJ , poët. for prasai`o" ( = pravsino" ), Leekgreen, name of a frog, Batr.
Prassofavgo"
Prasso-favgo" , oJ , Leek-eater, name of a frog, Batr.
pravssw, PRA vSSW, pravssw
PRA vSSW , Ion. prhvssw , Att. pravttw : f. pravxw , Ion. prhvxw : aor. I e[praxa , Ion. e[prhxa : pf. pevpra<Eth>ca , Ion. pevprhca : 3 sing. plqpf. ejpepravcei : pf. 2 pevpra<Eth>ga , Ion. pevprhga : Med. , f. pravxomai : aor. I ejpraxavmhn : Pass. , f. pracqhvsomai, pepravxomai : aor. I ejpravcqhn : pf. pevpragmai . To pass over, a{la prhvssonte" Od.; pr. kevleuqon to accomplish a journey, Hom. ; also c. gen ., i{na prhvsswmen oJdoi`o Il.
II. to achieve, bring about, effect, accomplish, Ib.; ou[ti pr . to avail naught, Ib.; pr. desmovn to cause ones bondage, bring it on oneself, Pind. ; pr. w{ste , Lat. efficere ut , Aesch .: Pass ., pevpraktai tou\rgon Id.; ta; pepragmevna , Lat. acta , Pind ., Att.
2.
absol.
to effect an object, be successful,
Hom.
3.
to make
so and so (
cf.
poievw
III
),
Nhrhivdwn tina; pr. a[koitin
Pind.
4.
to have to do, be busy with,
ta; eJautou` pravttein
to mind
ones own
business,
Soph
.,
etc.
5.
pravttein ta; politikav, ta; th`" povlew"
to manage
state-affairs, take part in the government,
Plat.
:then,
absol.
, without any addition,
iJkano;" pravttein
, of a statesman,
Xen.
6. generally, to transact, negotiate, manage, pr. Qhbaivoi" ta; pravgmata to manage matters for their interest, Dem. ; and in Pass. , tw`/ \Ippokravtei ta; pravgmata ejpravtteto matters were negotiated with him, Thuc. ;but ta; pravgmata may be omitted, oiJ pravssonte" aujtw`/ those who were treating with him, Id.; so, pravssein prov" tina Id.; e[" tina Id.; also, pr. peri; eijrhvnh" Xen. ; oiJ pravssonte" the traitors, Thuc .; also, pr. o{pw" povlemo" gevnhtai Id.; c. acc. etinf., th;n nau`n mh; deu`ro plei`n e[pratten Dem .: Pass ., of secret practices, eij mhv ti su;n ajrguvrw/ ejpravsseto unless some bribery was a-practising, Soph .; ejpravsseto prodovsio" pevri Thuc.
III.
to practise,
Lat.
agere
,
ajretav"
Pind
.;
divkaia h] a[dika
Plat
.:
absol.
to act,
Id.,
etc.
IV.
intr.
to be in a certain state
or
condition, to do
or
fare so and so,
oJ stovlo" ou{tw e[prhxe
Hdt.
,
etc.
;
eu\
or
kakw`" pravttein
to do
or
fare
well or ill, Id.,
etc.
;
pr. kalw`"
Aesch
.;
eujtucw`"
Soph.
;
pr. wJ" a[rista kai; kavllista
Thuc
.; the
pf.
2
pevpra<Eth>ga
is mostly used in this sense,
Hdt.
,
Ar.
,
etc.
V.
c.
dupl.
acc.
pers. et rei,
pravttein tinav ti
to do
something
to
one,
Eur.
,
etc.
2.
pravttein tina; ajrguvrion
to exact
money from one,
Hdt.
: often in
Att.
, of state-officers, who collected the taxes (
cf.
eijspravssw
,
ejkpravssw
III
),
Plat.
,
etc.
; also,
pr. ti parav tino"
to obtain
or
demand
from another,
Hdt.
:
metaph.
,
fovnon pr
.
to exact punishment for
murder,
to avenge, punish,
Aesch.
:
Pass.
,
pepragmevno" to;n fovron
called on to pay up
the tribute,
Thuc.
:
Med.
,
pravxasqaiv tina ajrguvrion, crhvmata, misqovn, tovkou"
to exact for oneself,
Hdt
.,
etc.
;
fovrou" pravssesqai ajpov
or
ejk tw`n povlewn
Thuc
.:
pf.
and
plqpf. pass.
are used in
med.
sense,
eij me;n ejpepravgmhn tou`ton th;n divkhn
if
I had exacted
from him the full amount,
Dem.
pratevo"
pra<Eth>tevo" , a, on , verb. Adj. of pipravskw , to be sold, for sale, Lat. venalis , Plat.
prathvr
pra<Eth>thvr , h`ro", oJ , ( pi-pravskw ) a dealer, Plat ., Dem.
prathvrion