ἀπρακτέω

A. do nothing, to be idle, Arist. EN 1095b33; opp. πράττειν, Id. Pol. 1325a31.
2. gain nothing, παρά τινος X. Cyr. 1.6.6.
3. waste one's time, Lyd. Mag. 1.22.
4. lose power, of a drug, Paul. Aeg.3.4.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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