πρακτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρᾱγ- (prāg-), the root of πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō, “to do”), + -τῐκός (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /praːk.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /prak.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /prak.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /prak.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /prak.tiˈkos/

Adjective

πρᾱκτῐκός • (prāktikós) m (feminine πρᾱκτῐκή, neuter πρᾱκτῐκόν); first/second declension

Of, pertaining to, or appropriate for action
Fit for or concerned with action or business; practical
Active, effective
Able to bring about or effect [+genitive = something]

Inflection

First and second declension of πρᾱκτῐκός; πρᾱκτῐκή; πρᾱκτῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πρᾱκτῐκός prāktikós	πρᾱκτῐκή prāktikḗ	πρᾱκτῐκόν prāktikón	πρᾱκτῐκώ prāktikṓ	πρᾱκτῐκᾱ́ prāktikā́	πρᾱκτῐκώ prāktikṓ	πρᾱκτῐκοί prāktikoí	πρᾱκτῐκαί prāktikaí	πρᾱκτῐκᾰ́ prāktiká
Genitive	πρᾱκτῐκοῦ prāktikoû	πρᾱκτῐκῆς prāktikês	πρᾱκτῐκοῦ prāktikoû	πρᾱκτῐκοῖν prāktikoîn	πρᾱκτῐκαῖν prāktikaîn	πρᾱκτῐκοῖν prāktikoîn	πρᾱκτῐκῶν prāktikôn	πρᾱκτῐκῶν prāktikôn	πρᾱκτῐκῶν prāktikôn
Dative	πρᾱκτῐκῷ prāktikôi	πρᾱκτῐκῇ prāktikêi	πρᾱκτῐκῷ prāktikôi	πρᾱκτῐκοῖν prāktikoîn	πρᾱκτῐκαῖν prāktikaîn	πρᾱκτῐκοῖν prāktikoîn	πρᾱκτῐκοῖς prāktikoîs	πρᾱκτῐκαῖς prāktikaîs	πρᾱκτῐκοῖς prāktikoîs
Accusative	πρᾱκτῐκόν prāktikón	πρᾱκτῐκήν prāktikḗn	πρᾱκτῐκόν prāktikón	πρᾱκτῐκώ prāktikṓ	πρᾱκτῐκᾱ́ prāktikā́	πρᾱκτῐκώ prāktikṓ	πρᾱκτῐκούς prāktikoús	πρᾱκτῐκᾱ́ς prāktikā́s	πρᾱκτῐκᾰ́ prāktiká
Vocative	πρᾱκτῐκέ prāktiké	πρᾱκτῐκή prāktikḗ	πρᾱκτῐκόν prāktikón	πρᾱκτῐκώ prāktikṓ	πρᾱκτῐκᾱ́ prāktikā́	πρᾱκτῐκώ prāktikṓ	πρᾱκτῐκοί prāktikoí	πρᾱκτῐκαί prāktikaí	πρᾱκτῐκᾰ́ prāktiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	πρᾱκτῐκῶς prāktikôs			πρᾱκτῐκώτερος prāktikṓteros			πρᾱκτῐκώτᾰτος prāktikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

πρᾱκτῐκόν (prāktikón)
πρᾱκτῐκή (prāktikḗ)

Related terms

Descendants

Latin: practicus
- English: practic, practical

References

πρακτικός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
πρακτικός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πρακτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- business-like idem, page 106.
- capable idem, page 111.
- practical idem, page 631.

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