ἀπράγμων

A. free from business (πράγματα), easy-going, fond of quiet, esp. of those who refrain from meddling in politics, opp. πολυπράγμων, ὅστις δὲ πράσσει πολλά . . μωρὸς παρὸν ζῆν ἡδέως ἀπράγμονα E. Fr. 193; τῶν ἀ. γε πόρνων κοὐχὶ τῶν σεμνῶν [τις ὤν] Eup. 8.4D.; esp. with political connotation, not meddling in public affairs, 'mugwump', ἄν τιν’ αὐτῶν γνῷς ἀπράγμον’ ὄντα καὶ κεχηνότα Ar. Eq. 261, cf. Antipho 3.2.1; αὐτουργοί τε καὶ ἀ. Pl. R. 565a; ἀ. καὶ οὐ φιλόδικος D. 40.32; ἀκάκους καὶ ἀ. Id. 47.82; οἱ ἀ. οὐκ ἄδικοι Arist. Rh. 1381a25; τὸν μηδὲν τῶνδε [τῶν πολιτικῶν] μετέχοντα οὐκ ἀπράγμονα ἀλλ’ ἀχρεῖον νομίζομεν Th. 2.40; πόλις ἀ. keeping clear of foreign politics, Id. 6.18; ἡσυχία ἀ. Id. 1.70; βίος ἀνδρὸς ἰδιώτου ἀπράγμονος Pl. R. 620c; τὸ ἄ. Th. 2.63; τόπος ἀ. a place free from law and strife, Ar. Av. 44; ἀπόλαυσις ἀ. X. Mem. 2.1.33. Adv. ‐μόνως without trouble or care, E. Fr. 787; ἀ. ζῆν ἡδύ Apollod.Com. 1.1.

II. of things, not troublesome or painful, τελευτὴν . . ἀπραγμονεστάτην τοῖς φίλοις X. Ap. 7. Adv. ‐μόνως without trouble, Th. 4.61, X. HG 6.4.27; σῴζεσθαι Th. 6.87; ὁ λόγος ἀ. εἴρηται carelessly, Arist. Mete. 369b27: Comp. ‐έστερον X. Ages. 4.1.

2. simple, ἐσθής Muson. Ep. 4.