πραγματικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρᾶγμα (prâgma, a thing done, a fact) + -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

πρᾱγμᾰτῐκός (prāgmatikós) m (feminine πρᾱγμᾰτῐκή, neuter πρᾱγμᾰτῐκόν); first/second declension

  1. fit for action or business; businesslike, statesmanlike
    1. (substantive) agent, attorney
  2. (of things)
    1. (of history) political (including military)
    2. (of speech or action) able, prudent, statesmanlike
  3. relating to subject-matter
    1. relating to fact
    2. material (opposed to formal, verbal)
  4. (magic) effective spell
  5. troublesome, formidable (of a citadel)

Inflection

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek πραγματικός (pragmatikós).

Adjective

πραγματικός (pragmatikós) m (feminine πραγματική, neuter πραγματικό)

  1. real, factual, actual (having physical existence), (having existence or substance)

Declension

Antonyms

see: πράγμα n (prágma, thing, entity)
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