πραγματικός. [66] 6. Pertaining to subject matter or invention. Lat. negotialis. Cp. Quintil. iii. 7. 1 “a parte negotiali, hoc est πραγματικῇ.” The πραγματικὸς τόπος (“tractatio rerum et sententiarum”) covers subject matter, things, thoughts; the λεκτικὸς τόπος includes expression, form, style.
πραΰς. [162] 5, [244] 21. Gentle. Lat. lenis. Cp. Demetr. p. 299.
πρέπον, τό. [120] 19, [122] 13, [124] 11, [136] 12, [198] 13, 14. Propriety, appropriateness, fitness. Lat. decorum. Fr. la convenance. Cp. Cic. Orat. 21. 70 “ut enim in vita, sic in oratione nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre. πρέπον appellant hoc Graeci; nos dicamus sane decorum; de quo praeclare et multa praecipiuntur et res est cognitione dignissima: huius ignoratione non modo in vita, sed saepissime et in poëmatis et in oratione peccatur.” The Greek rhetoricians drew the term from the language of ethics. Aristot. Rhet. iii. 7. 1 τὸ δὲ πρέπον ἕξει ἡ λέξις, ἐὰν ᾖ παθητική τε καὶ ἠθικὴ καὶ τοῖς ὑποκειμένοις πράγμασιν ἀνάλογον. So πρεπώδης [106] 17.
πριάπειος. [86] 8. Priapean: as a metrical term. Lat. Priapeius. Effeminate and ribald verse, written in honour of Priapus, and involving a mutilation of the heroic line.
προέκθεσις. [242] 2. A prefatory account. Lat. expositio antea data.
πρόθεσις. [70] 21, [108] 16, [220] 6. Preposition. Lat. praepositio.
πρόνοια. [184] 16, [186] 1. Deliberation. Lat. consilium.
προοίμιον. [224] 24, [252] 3. Introduction. Lat. exordium.
προπετής. [244] 22. Flowing. Lat. volubilis, profluens.