ἀργέω

argeo

to be unemployed, do nothing

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Republic 6
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Book II 1
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371c3
Book III 1
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393e7
Book IV 1
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426a8
Book VIII 2
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561d1
564b4
Book IX 1
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572e6
Laws 2
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Book VII 2
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824a3
824a14
Letters 2
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326d1
354b3
Theages 1
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124c2

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, Hp. Mochl. 23, E. Ph. 625, X. Cyr. 1.2.15, Pl. R. 426a, etc.; keep Sabbath, LXX 2 Ma. 5.25; ἀ. τὴν ἑβδόμην J. BJ 7.3.3; οἱ ἀργοῦντες the idle, Trag.Adesp. 527; γῆ ἀργοῦσα lying fallow, X. Cyr. 1.6.11, PFlor. 262.9 (iii A.D.); ἀργῆσαν ἤμυσε στέγος S. Fr. 864; φησὶν ἀργῆσαι τὸ ἐργαστήριον is out of work, D. 27.19; of the senses, to be at rest, νυκτὸς τῆς ὄψεως ἀργούσης Arist. Pr. 903a21, cf. Somn.Vig. 455a30: c. gen. rei, ἀργήσει . . τῆς αὑτοῦ δημιουργίας will be unoccupied in his own work, Pl. R. 371c. II. Pass., to be left undone, X. Cyr. 2.3.3; to be fruitless, ἡ σκέψις ἂν ἀργοῖτο Id. Hier. 9.9.

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