noun · femininethird declension
prāxis
prāxis f sg (genitive prāxis or prāxeōs or prāxios)
Classical[ˈpraːk.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈprak.sis]
Meaning
- practice, method, practical experience
Nam mihi nihil novi potest afferri, sicut ille fer[i]culus †ta mel† habuit praxim.
c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 39.5 - action, activity, doing, a carrying out, putting into practice
- an habitual or customary mode of action, method, technique
- a carrying on or exercise of one's profession or occupation
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prāxis | — |
| genitive | prāxis prāxeōs, prāxios | — |
| dative | prāxī | — |
| accusative | prāxim prāxin, prāxem | — |
| ablative | prāxī prāxe | — |
| vocative | prāxis prāxi | — |
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾶξῐς (prâxĭs).
Descendants
- Italianprassi
In English words that came into English from prāxis
- praxisprāxis