LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

prāgma

prāgma n (genitive prāgmatis)
Classical[ˈpraːɡ.ma]Ecclesiastical[ˈpraɡ.ma]

Meaning

  1. Late Latina matter, affair, business
    Qualitatis status vel in primis ad notitiam necessarius est, propterea quod multiformis ac varius est et in plerisque forensibus negotiis magis quam in pragmatibus scholasticis assiduus.AD 4th century, Gaius Julius Victor, Ars rhetorica Hermagorae, Ciceronis, Quintiliani, Aquili, Marconmanni, Tatiani 3.4.378.34–36

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeprāgmaprāgmata
genitiveprāgmatisprāgmatum
dativeprāgmatīprāgmatibus
accusativeprāgmaprāgmata
ablativeprāgmateprāgmatibus
vocativeprāgmaprāgmata

pragma, ătis, n., = πρᾶγμα,
I. a matter, affair, business (post-class.), Jul. Vict. Art. Rhet. 3, 4.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti Proto-Hellenic *prā́t͏̌t͏̌ō Ancient Greek πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρᾶγμᾰ (prâgmă)bor. Latin prāgma Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾶγμᾰ (prâgmă).

Quick answers

What does prāgma mean in Latin?
prāgma, a noun, means “a matter, affair, business”.
What is the genitive of prāgma?
The genitive singular is prāgmatis. prāgma is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce prāgma?
In classical Latin, [ˈpraːɡ.ma]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpraɡ.ma].