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ἀργία

argia

want of employment

Appears 17 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀργία, ἡ, A. = ἀεργία, want of employment, πεσσοὺς κύβους τε, τερπνὸν ἀργίας ἄκος S. Fr. 479.4; νεύρων καὶ ἄρθρων Hp. Mochl. 23; τοῦ καλοῦ Hierocl. in CA 19p.461M.; ψυχῆς ἀργίη Democr. 212; idleness, laziness, E. HF 592; νόμος περὶ τῆς ἀργίας against those who would not work, D. 57.32; γραφὴ ἀργίας AB 310, cf. Plu. Sol. 17,31: in pl., Isoc. 7.44. b. quietism, E. Med. 296. 2. in good sense, rest, leisure, τῶν οἰκείων ἔργων from . . , Pl. Lg. 761a (pl.), LXX Wi. 13.13, etc. 3. in pl., holidays, Arr. Epict. 4.8.33, = feriae or justitium, App. BC 1.56, PPetr. 3: sg., of the Sabbath, LXXIs. 1.14. 4. lapse of cultivation, Thphr. CP 4.5.6.
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