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ἐργάζομαι

ergazomai

work, labour

Appears 162 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐργάζομαι, Il. 18.469, etc., Cret. ϝεργάδδομαι Schwyzer 181v5 : fut. -άσομαι Thgn. 1116, etc., Dor. ἐργαξοῦμαι Theoc. 10.23, ἐργῶμαι PCair.Zen. 107.4 (iii B. C.), LXX Ge. 29.27, al., IG 7.3073.12 (Lebad., ii B. C.) (but Hsch. ἐργᾷ· ἐργάζει): aor. εἰργασάμην, Ion. ἐργ- Hdt. 2.115, A. Th. 845 (lyr.), etc., 3pl. opt. ἐργασαίατο Ar. Av. 1147, Lys. 42 ; Dor. ἠργάξαντο SIG 248 M (Delph., iv B. C.): pf. εἴργασμαι, Ion.ἔργ- Hdt. 2.121.εʹ, A. Fr. 311, etc.—These tenses are used both in Med. and Pass. signfs.: for other Pass. tenses, v. infr. ΙΙΙ:—Att. Inscrr. of cent. iv have ἠργαζόμην, ἠργασάμην, (ἐξ-) IG 22.1585.11, 1669.10, al., but εἴργασμαι ib.1666 A 27 ; so also ἠργάσατο ib.7.424 (Oropus, iv B. C.), εἰργασμένος ib.3073.51 (Lebad., ii B. C.), ἐξήργασατο UPZ 19.8 (ii B. C.), εἴργασμαι PCair.Zen. 146.3 (iii B. C.); but this rule is often broken in later Pap., Inscrr., and codd.:—Α. work, labour, esp. of husbandry, Hes. Op. 299, 309, Th. 2.72, etc.; but also of all manual labour, of slaves, ἐ. ἀνάγκῃ Od. 14.272 ; of quarrymen, Hdt. 2.124, etc.; τὴν οὐσίαν οὐ δικαζόμενον ἀλλʼ ἐργαζόμενον κεκτημένον Antipho 2.2.12 ; ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις in the mines, D. 42.31 : c. dat. instr., χαλκῷ with brass, Hes. Op. 151 ; also of animals, βοῦς ἐργάτης ἐργάζεται S. Fr. 563 ; of birds working to get food, Arist. HA 616b35 ; of bees, ib. 625b22 ; of Hephaestus’ self-acting bellows, Il. 18.469 ; τὸ χρῆμʼ ἐργάζεται the matter works, i.e. goes on, Ar. Ec. 148 ; ὁ ἀὴρ ἐργάζεται produces an effect, Thphr. CP 5.12.7 ; οὐχ ὁμοίως ἐργάσεται τὸ θερμόν ib.6.18.11. II. trans., work at, make, ἔργα κλυτά, of Athena, Od. 20.72, cf. 22.422 ; ἀγάλματα, ὕμνους, Pi. N. 5.1,I. 2.46 ; τρίποδα, Νίκην, SIG 34 (Delph., v B. C.); ἁμαξίδας Ar. Nu. 880 ; οἰκοδόμημα Th. 2.76 ; εἰκόνας, ἀνδριάντας, καλὰ ἔργα, Pl. Cra. 431c, X. Mem. 2.6.6, Pl. Men. 91d ; κηρόν, σχαδόνας, of bees, Arist. HA 627a6,30 ; μέλι Sor. Vit. Hippocr. 11 ; make so and so, ξηρὸν ἐ. τινά Luc. DMar. 11.2 ; μέγαν Ael. VH 3.1. 2. do, perform, ἔργα ἀεικέα Il. 24.733 ; ἔργον ἐπʼ ἔργῳ ἐ., of husbandmen, Hes. Op. 382, cf. 397 ; ἐργασίας ἐ. Arist. EN 1121b33, cf. X. Oec. 7.20 ; ἐναίσιμα, φίλα ἐ., Od. 17.321, 24.210 ; θαυμαστά Pl. Smp. 213d ; περὶ θεοὺς ἄδικον μηδέν Id. Grg. 522d ; ἐ. πρᾶγμα, opp. βουλεύειν, S. Ant. 267, cf. OT 347 ; τὸ ἔργον Κυρίου 1 Ep.Cor. 16.10 : c. dupl. acc., do something to.., τά περ νῦν ἐ. [ὁ ἥλιος] τὸν Νεῖλον Hdt. 2.26, etc.; chiefly in bad sense, do one ill, do one a shrewd turn, κακὰ ἐργάζεσθαί τινα S. Ph. 786, Th. 1.137, etc.; so οἷά μʼ εἰργάσω, τί μʼ ἐργάσει; S. Ph. 928,1172 (lyr.), etc.; μὴ δῆτα τοῦτό μʼ ἐργάσῃ Id. El. 1206 ; αἴσχιστα ἐ. τινά Ar. V. 787 ; less freq., ἀγαθὰ ἐ. τινά Hdt. 8.79, cf. Th. 3.52, Pl. Cri. 53a ; πολλὰ καὶ καλὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα Id. Phdr. 244b ; seldom τινί τι Ar. V. 1350 ; οἷν ἐμοὶ δυοῖν ἔργʼ ἐστὶ κρείσσονʼ ἀγχόνης εἰργασμένα S. OT 1374. b. perform rites, τὰ ἱερὰ ἐ. 1 Ep.Cor. 9.13. c. in Law, ζημίαν ἐ. do damage, Is. 6.20, cf. Hyp. Ath. 22. 3. work a material, ὅπλα..οἷσίν τε χρυσὸν ἐργάζετο Od. 3.435 ; ἐ. γῆν till the land, Hdt. 1.17, etc.; ἐ. [ἀγροὺς] ἐργάταις X. Cyr. 1.6.11 ; γῆν καὶ ξύλα καὶ λίθους Id. HG 3.3.7 ; [ἀργυρῖτιν] Docum. ap. D. 37.28 ; ἐ. θάλασσαν, of traders, D.H. 3.46 ; γλαυκὴν ἐ., of fishers, Hes. Th. 440. 4. earn by working, χρήματα Hdt. 1.24, Ar. Eq. 840, etc.; καινὸν βίον ἐκ τοῦ δικαίου And. 1.144, cf. Hes. Op. 43 ; ἀργύριον ἀπὸ σοφίας Pl. Hp.Ma. 282d ; μισθοῦ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια X. Mem. 2.8.2. 5. work at, practise, μουσικήν, τέχνας, etc., Pl. Phd. 60e, R. 374a, etc.; ἐπιστήμας X. Oec. 1.7 ; ἀρετὴν καὶ σωφροσύνην v.l. in Isoc. 13.6 ; δικαιοσύνην, ἀνομίαν, Act.Ap. 10.35, Ev.Matt. 7.23. 6. abs., work at a trade or business, traffic, trade, ἐν [γναφείῳ] Lys. 23.2 ; ἐν ἐμπορίῳ καὶ χρήμασιν D. 36.44 ; ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ Id. 57.31 (also οἱ τὴν τετράγωνον (sc. ἀγοράν) ἐργαζόμενοι those who trade in the square, BCH 8.126 (cf. Glotta 14.73)); κατὰ θάλατταν D. 56.48 ; τούτοις..ναυτικοῖς ἐ. trade with this money on bottomry, Id. 33.4 ; δὶς ἢ τρὶς ἐ. τῷ αὐτῷ ἀργυρίῳ Id. 56.30 ; ταῦτα ἐ. thus he trades, Id. 25.82 ; οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι traders, Id. 34.51 ; οἱ ἐν Δήλῳ ἐ., = Lat. qui Deli negotiantur, CIG 2285b ; esp. of courtesans, σώματι ἐ., Lat. quaestum corpore facere, D. 59.20 ; ἐπὶ τέγους ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος Plb. 12.13.2 ; ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας Alexis Sam. ap. Ath. 13.572f, Plu. Tim. 14. 7. cause, κολακείην Democr. 268 ; πημονάς S. Ant. 326 ; πόθον τινί D. 61.11 ; σύριγγας ἀνιάτους Paul.Aeg. 6.44. III. Pass., rarely in pres. and impf., D.H. 8.87 (ἐξ-), Hyp. Eux. 35 : fut. ἐργασθήσομαι S. Tr. 1218, (ἐξ-) Isoc. Ep. 6.8 : pf. εἴργασμαι (v. infr.): aor. 1 εἰργάσθην Pl. R. 353a, Thphr. HP 6.3.2, etc. 1. to be made or built, ἔργαστο τὸ τεῖχος Hdt. 1.179 ; ἐκ πέτρας εἰργασμένος A. Pr. 244 ; οἰκοδόμημα διὰ ταχέων εἰργ. Th. 4.8 ; λίθοι εἰργ. wrought stones, Id. 1.93 ; γῆ εἰργ. X. Oec. 19.8 ; θώρακας εὖ εἰργ. Id. Mem. 3.10.9. 2. to be done, A. Ag. 354, 1346, E. Hec. 1085 ; εἰργασμένα things done, deeds, Hdt. 7.53 (ἐργ-), E. Ion 1281, cf. S. OT 1369.
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