ἀργέω
argeo
to be unemployed, do nothing
Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀργέω, fut. -ήσω: aor. ἤργησα BGU 698.4 (ii A.D.): pf. ἤργηκα POxy. 1160.14 (iii/iv A.D.): (ἀργός, ἀεργός):—Α. to be unemployed, do nothing, Mochl. 23, Ph. 625, Cyr. 1.2.15, R. 426a, etc.; keep Sabbath, 2 Ma. 5.25; ἀ. τὴν ἑβδόμην BJ 7.3.3; οἱ ἀργοῦντες the idle, 527; γῆ ἀργοῦσα lying fallow, Cyr. 1.6.11, PFlor. 262.9 (iii A.D.); ἀργῆσαν ἤμυσε στέγος Fr. 864; φησὶν ἀργῆσαι τὸ ἐργαστήριον is out of work, 27.19; of the senses, to be at rest, νυκτὸς τῆς ὄψεως ἀργούσης Pr. 903a21, cf. Somn.Vig. 455a30: c. gen. rei, ἀργήσει . . τῆς αὑτοῦ δημιουργίας will be unoccupied in his own work, R. 371c. II. Pass., to be left undone, Cyr. 2.3.3; to be fruitless, ἡ σκέψις ἂν ἀργοῖτο Hier. 9.9.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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