adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
prāgmaticus
prāgmaticus (feminine prāgmatica, neuter prāgmaticum)
Classical[praːɡˈma.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[praɡˈmaː.ti.kus]
Meaning
- adjectivepragmatic
Usus pragmaticus diplomatiae scientificae magis magisque utilis erit ad viam progressus sternendam.
The pragmatic use of scientific diplomacy will be increasingly useful in paving the way for progress.2026 April 9, Peter Gluckman, Diplomatia scientifica: ab utopia ad pragmatismum, International Science Council, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2026:
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | prāgmaticus | prāgmatica | prāgmaticum |
| genitive | prāgmaticī | prāgmaticae | prāgmaticī |
| dative | prāgmaticō | prāgmaticae | prāgmaticō |
| accusative | prāgmaticum | prāgmaticam | prāgmaticum |
| ablative | prāgmaticō | prāgmaticā | prāgmaticō |
| vocative | prāgmatice | prāgmatica | prāgmaticum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | prāgmaticī | prāgmaticae | prāgmatica |
| genitive | prāgmaticōrum | prāgmaticārum | prāgmaticōrum |
| dative | prāgmaticīs | prāgmaticīs | prāgmaticīs |
| accusative | prāgmaticōs | prāgmaticās | prāgmatica |
| ablative | prāgmaticīs | prāgmaticīs | prāgmaticīs |
| vocative | prāgmaticī | prāgmaticae | prāgmatica |
pragmătĭcus, a, um, adj., = πραγματικός, prop.,
I. skilled in business, esp. experienced in matters of law:
pragmatici homines omnibus historiis cavere jubent et vetant credere, Cic. Att. 2, 20, 1.—Hence, I. Subst.
A. pragmătĭcus, i, m., = πραγματικός, one skilled in the law, who furnished orators and advocates with the principles on which they based their speeches:
itaque illi disertissimi homines (Graeci) ministros habent in causis juris peritos, cum ipsi sint imperitissimi, et qui pragmatici vocantur, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 253 (dub.; bracketed by B. and K.): oratori pragmaticum adjutorem dare, id. ib. 1, 59, 253 (1, 45, 198, written as Greek); Quint. 12, 3, 4; Juv. 7, 123; Dig. 48, 17, 9.—B. Pragmătĭca, ōrum, n., the title of a work by Attius, Gell. 20, 3;
perh. the same which is called by Pliny Praxidica and Praxidicum, Plin. 1, ind. lib. 18; 18, 24, 55, § 200.—II. Adj., relating to civil affairs. So in late jurid. Lat.:
pragmatica sanctio, or jussio, or annotatio, or constitutio, an imperial decree that referred to the affairs of a community, a pragmatic sanction, Cod. Just. 1, 2, 10; called pragmaticum rescriptum, Aug. Collat. cum Donatist. 3, c. 2; and absol.: pragmătĭcum, i, n., Cod. Th. 6, 23, 3; 16, 5, 52.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prāgmaticus adj.
, πραγματικός, skilled in business, experienced: homines.—As subst m., one skilled in the law, an attorney (who prepared a brief for the advocate): oratori pragmaticum adiutorem dare.—An attorney, lawyer, Iu.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾱγμᾰτῐκός (prāgmătĭkós). By surface analysis, prāgma + -icus.
In English words that came into English from prāgmaticus
- pragmaticprāgmaticus
- pragmaticalprāgmaticus