τορ-εύω

τορ-εύω, ([etym.] τόρος) prop.

A = τορέω, bore through: metaph., ᾠδὴν τ. sing a piercing strain, Ar.Th. 986 (lyr., τορνεύειν cj. Bentley).

II work metal, whether in repoussé or chasing, c. acc. materiae,

τ. σίδηρον Str.13.4.17

;

ἄργυρον Anacreont. 3

,4: abs., Plu.Aem.37.

2 c. acc. objecti, represent in this manner,

πόντον Anacreont.55.1

;

μάχην Paus. 1.28.2

;

παιδίον Id.5.17.4

;

ἐρέβινθον Plu.2.204f

;

Σάτυρον Pl.Epigr.28

;

ζῷα τετορευμένα Callix. 2

(- νευ- cod. A Ath., corr. Salm.);

γράμμα τορευθέν AP7.274

(Honest.).

III metaph. of style, D.H.Th.24.—Freq. confounded with τορνεύω, cf. Callix. l.c. and v. supr. 1.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to pass through, to travel' (only ep.), `to finish, to accomplish, to do, to exact', intr. `to come to an end, to succeed, to act'.

Other forms: Att. - ττω, Cret. - δδω, ep. Ion. πρήσσω, fut. πράξω, Ion. - ήξή, aor. πρᾱ̃ξαι, - ῆξαι (all Il.), pass. πραχθῆναι (S., Th.), perf. πέπρᾱγα, - ηγα (Pi., Hdt.), -ᾱχα, - ηχα (Att., Hdt.), pass. πέπραγμαι (A.).

Compounds: Often w. prefix, e.g. δια-, εἰσ-, κατα-, συν-. Compounds, e.g. εὑ-, κακο-πρᾱγ-ία f. `prosperity, success', resp. `accident, misfortune' (Pi., Att.) with εὑ-, κακο-πρᾱγ-έω (Att.); anal. δυσ-, κακο-πρᾱγής (Vett. Val., H., not from πρᾶγος); also εὑ-πραξ-ία, Ion. - πρηξ-ίη f., after πρᾶξις, πρᾶξαι.

Derivatives: (Compact survey). Nom. actionis: 1. πρᾶξις, πρῆξις (also w. δια-, κατα- a.o.) f. `realisation, accomplishment, advancement, act, exaction' (Il.) with πραξ-είδιον n. dimin. (EM), - ιμος `realisable' (Cyprus II-III^p), `recoverable' (Delos I-II<sup>p</sup>), also πράκτιμος (from Dor. *πρᾶκτις or after πρακτι-κός?) `liable to a money-penalty' (Delphi II^a). Further, with formation after the adj. abstr. (cf. Schwyzer 468 f.), the compp. προ-πραξ-ία f. `precedence in negotiation' (Acarnan. inscr. V-IV<sup>a</sup>), ὑπερ-πράξ-ιον n. `over-exaction, blackmailing' (Mylasa V^p); cf. also 10. below. -- 2. πρᾶγμα (posthom.), Ion. πρῆχμα (\< - κσμ-; inscr.), πρῆγμα (Hdt.; for πρῆχμα?, s. Schulze Festschr. Kretschmer 217 ff. = Kl. Schr. 409ff.) n. `performed act, fact, business', pl. `facts, state affairs etc.'; as 2. member in ἀ-, πολυ-πράγμων etc.; from this πραγμά-τιον, - τικός, - τίας, - τᾶς, - τώδης, - τεύομαι with - τευμα, - τεία, - τειώδης, - τευτής, - τευ-τικός. -- 3. πρᾶγος n. poet. replacement for the worn out πρᾶγμα (Pi., trag.; Schwyzer 512). -- 4. πρακτύς Dor. = πρᾶξις (EM). -- Nom. agentis: 5. πρακτήρ, πρηκτήρ, - ῆρος m. `executor, tradesman' (Hom.), `exactor' (hell.) with - τήριος `effective, decisive' (A.). -- 6. πράκτωρ, - ορος m. `executor, avenger' (A., S., Antiph.), `exactor, tax official' (Att., pap.) with - τορ-ικός, - ειος, - εύω with - εῖον, - εία (- ία?); on the meaning of πράκτωρ Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 220f., 2, 8 f. a. 49 f., Benveniste Noms d'agent 32; attempt to a semant. differentiation of πρακτήρ and πράκτωρ ibd. 47. --7. εἰσ-, ἐκ-πράκτης m. `collector, tax official' (Aq.). -- 8. πρηξών = ἀγοραῖος, i.e. `notary' (Sicil.; Theognost.); prob. from πρῆξις (Schwyzer 517). -- 9. Adj. πρακτικός `concerning action, skilled, practical' (Att.; Chantraine Études 140).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [817] * perh₂- `sell'

Etymology: All forms go back on a common stem πρᾱκ- (analog. πρᾱγ-; Schwyzer 715), which is a κ-enlargement of the zero grade πρᾱ- in πρᾱ-θῆναι, πέ-πρᾱ-μαι, πι-πρά̄-σκομαι etc. (s. πέρνημι) with further connection with πέρᾱ, πείρω (s. vv.) etc. The function of the velar (cf. πλήσσω: πλη-γ-ή, τμή-γ-ω: τέμ-ν-ω, τέμα-χος a.o.) can be designated as terminative (Schwyzer 702 w. n. 5 a. lit.). Assuming a nominal *πρᾱκ- (Schw. 496) is superfluous and unconvincing. For the primary character of πράσσω, πρᾶξαι tell also the old deriv. πρᾶξις, πρῆξις; on this Schw. 505 (where n. 6 is reckoned with a "derived πρήσσω"). -- On meaning and use of πράσσω s. Snell Phil. 85, 141 ff., Braun Stud. itfilcl. N. S. 15, 243ff.

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