praxis
See also: Praxis
English edit
Etymology edit
Partly from Latin prāxis and partly from its etymon Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
praxis (countable and uncountable, plural praxes or praxises)
- The practical application of any branch of learning.
- (drama) The deliberate action of a rational being.
- (philosophy) The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
- Custom or established practice.
- An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
practical application of learning
drama: deliberate action of a rational being
|
custom or established practice
References edit
- ^ “praxis, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2007.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾶξῐς (prâxis).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpraːk.sis/, [ˈpräːks̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈprak.sis/, [ˈpräksis]
Noun edit
prāxis f sg (genitive prāxis or prāxeōs or prāxios); third declension
- proof, demonstration
- (Can we date this quote?), Petronius (Titus or Gajus Petronius Arbiter). In: Petronii satirae et liber priapeorum, edited by Franciscus Buecheler, Berlin, 1871, p. 24:
- nam mihi nihil novi potest afferri, sicut ille fericulus iam habuit praxim.
- fericulusta mel habuit
- (Can we date this quote?), Petronius (Titus or Gajus Petronius Arbiter). In: Petronii satirae et liber priapeorum, edited by Franciscus Buecheler, Berlin, 1871, p. 24:
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | prāxis |
| Genitive | prāxis prāxeōs prāxios |
| Dative | prāxī |
| Accusative | prāxim prāxin prāxem1 |
| Ablative | prāxī prāxe1 |
| Vocative | prāxis prāxi |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants edit
- Italian: prassi
References edit
- PRAXIM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- praxis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,234/1.
- “praxis” on page 1,451/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis).
Noun edit
praxis f (uncountable)
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Please edit the entry and supply |def= and |pl= parameters to the {{ro-noun-f}} template.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
praxis f (plural praxis)
Further reading edit
- “praxis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
praxis c
- practice, custom, the usual way to do things
- teori och praxis ― theory and practice
- case law, previous court decisions as a base for legal judgement
- Hovrättens dom strider mot Europadomstolens praxis. ― The verdict of the court of appeal is in conflict with the practice of the European Court of Human Rights.