πρᾶξις πρᾶξις, εως, πράσσω a doing, transaction, business, πλεῖν κατὰ πρῆξιν on a trading voyage, Od.; πρῆξις δʼ ἥδʼ ἰδίη, οὐ δήμιος a private, not a public affair, Od. the result or issue of a business, οὐ γάρ τις πρ. πέλεται γόοιο no good comes of weeping, Il.; so, ὄυ τις πρ. ἐγίγνετο μυρομένοισιν Od.; πρ. οὐρίαν θέλων Aesch.; χρησμῶν πρ. their issue, Aesch. an acting, transacting, doing, κακότητος Theogn.; πρ. πολεμική, ποιητική, πολιτική Plat.:— action, opp. to πάθος, Plat.; ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι in actual life, Plat. action, exercise, χειρῶν, σκελῶν Plat. an action, act, Soph., etc. like τὸ εὖ or κακῶς πράσσειν, a doing well or ill, faring so and so, oneʼs fortune, state, condition, Hdt., Aesch., etc. practical ability, dexterity, Polyb.:— also, practice, trickery, Polyb. the exaction of money, recovery of outstanding debts or arrears, πρ. συμβολαίων Plat., Dem.:—hence, the exaction of vengeance, retribution, Eur. in pl. public or political life, Dem.