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ἔργον

ergon

work

Appears 414 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἔργον, Dor. ϝέργον IG 4.800 (vi B. C.), Elean ϝάργον SIG 9 (vi B.C.), τό : (ἔρδω, OE. weorc (neut.) ‘work’, Avest. varəza-):—A. work, Il. 2.436, etc.; ἔ. οὐδὲν ὄνειδος, ἀεργίη δέ τʼ ὄνειδος Hes. Op. 311 ; πλεόνων δέ τε ἔ. ἄμεινον Il. 12.412 ; ἔ. ἐποίχεσθαι 6.492 ; νῦν ἔπλετο ἔ. ἅπασι 12.271 ; esp. in pl., ἄλλος ἄλλοισιν..ἐπιτέρπεται ἔργοις Od. 14.228 ; ἐπὶ ἔργα τράποντο Il. 3.422 ; ἔργων παύσασθαι Od. 4.683 ; τὰ σʼ αὐτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε see to thine own tasks, Il. 6.490 : esp. in the following relations, 1. in Il. mostly of works or deeds of war, πολεμήϊα ἔ. Il. 2.338, al., Od. 12.116 ; ἔργον μάχης Il. 6.522 ; alone, ἀτελευτήτῳ ἐπὶ ἔργῳ 4.175, cf. 539 ; ὑπέσχετο δὲ μέγα ἔργον 13.366 ; ἐπʼ αὐτῷ δʼ ἔργον ἐτύχθη ἀργαλέον 4.470 ; later, ἔργον.. Ἄρης κρινεῖ A. Th. 414 ; ἐν τῷ ἔ. during the action, Th. 2.89, cf.7.71 ; τὸ ἐν Πλαταιαῖς ἔ. Pl. Mx. 241c ; τῶν πρότερον ἔ. μέγιστον ἐπράχθη τὸ Μηδικόν Th. 1.23 ; ἔργου ἔχεσθαι to engage in battle, ib.49. 2. of peaceful contests, κρατεῖν ἔ. Pi. O. 9.85 ; ἔργου ἔχεσθαι Id. P. 4.233 ; also ἔργα θῆκε κάλλιστʼ ἀμφὶ κόμαις placed [the reward of] noble deeds about his hair, Id. O. 13.38. 3. of works of industry, a. of tillage, tilled lands, ἀνδρῶν πίονα ἔ. Il. 12.283, etc. ; ἔργʼ ἀνθρώπων 16.392, Od. 6.259 ; βροτῶν 10.147 ; οὔτε βοῶν οὔτʼ ἀνδρῶν φαίνετο ἔργα ib.98 ; ἔργα alone, 16.140, etc.; Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι—the title of Hesiodʼs work ; πατρώϊα ἔ. their fatherʼs lands, Od. 2.22 ; οὔτʼ ἐπὶ ἔργα..ἴμεν will neither go to our farms, ib. 127, cf. 252 ; Ἰθάκης..ἔργα the tilled lands of Ithaca, 14.344 ; ἀμφὶ.. Τιταρησσὸν ἔργʼ ἐνέμοντο inhabited lands, Il. 2.751 ; τὰ τῶν Μυσῶν ἔ. Hdt. 1.36 ; so later, PBaden 40.5 (ii A.D.) : generally, property, wealth, possessions, θεὸς δʼ ἐπὶ ἔργον ἀέξῃ Od. 14.65, cf. 15.372. b. of womenʼs work, weaving, Il. 9.390, etc. ; ἀμύμονα ἔ. ἰδυίας ib.128 ; ἔργα ἐργάζεσθαι Od. 22.422, 20.72. c. of other occupations, θαλάσσια ἔ. fishing, 5.67 ; a seamanʼs life, Il. 2.614 : periphr., δαιτὸς..ἔργα works of feasting, 9.228 ; φιλοτήσια ἔ. Od. 11.246 ; ἔργα γάμοιο Il. 5.429 ; ἔργα Κυπρογενοῦς Sol. 26 ; Ἀφροδίτης h.Ven. 1 ; also τέκνων ἐς ἔ. A. Ag. 1207 : abs., ἔργον Luc. DDeor. 17.1, AP 12.209 (pl., Strat., s.v.l.); also ἔργα ἰσχύος καὶ τάχους X. Cyr. 1.2.12 ; φίλα ἔργα μελίσσαις, of flowers, Theoc. 22.42 ; of mines, etc., ἔ. ἀργυρεῖα X. Vect. 4.5, D. 21.167, etc.; ἔργα πίσσια dub. l. in Plu. Cat.Ma. 21. 4. deed, action, ἔργʼ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε Od. 1.338 ; θέσκελα ἔ. Τρώων Il. 3.130 ; ἀήσυλα ἔ. 5.876; καρτερά, ἀεικέα ἔ., ib.872,22.395; παλίντιτα, ἄντιτα ἔ., Od. 1.379, 17.51 ; ἔργα ἀποδέκνυσθαι Hdt. 1.16, cf. Pl. Alc. 1.119e, D.C. 37.52 ; opp. ἔπος, deed, not word (v. ἔπος II.1) ; opp. μῦθος, Il. 9.443, 19.242, A. Pr. 1080 (anap.), etc.; opp. λόγος, S. El. 358, E. Alc. 339 ; ἔργῳ, opp. λόγῳ, freq. in Att., etc., Th. 2.65, etc. : so in pl., λόγῳ μὲν..τοῖσι δʼ ἔργοισιν S. OC 782, cf. E. Fr. 360.13 ; λόγοισιν εἴτʼ ἔργοισιν S. OT 517 ; opp. ῥήματα, Id. OC 873 ; opp. ὄνομα, E. IA 128 (anap.), Th. 8.78,89 ; in many phrases, πέπρακται τοὔργον A. Pr. 75, cf. Ag. 1346 ; χωρῶ πρὸς ἔργον S. Aj. 116 ; τὸ μὲν ἐνθύμημα χαρίεν.., τὸ δὲ ἔ. ἀδύνατον its execution, X. An. 3.5.12 ; ἐν ἔργῳ χέρνιβες ξίφος τε ready for action, E. IT 1190 ; ἡ κατάρα ὑπὸ τοῦ δαίμονος εἰς ἔ. ἤγετο Jul. Or. 7.228b. II. thing, matter, πᾶν ἔ...ὑπείξομαι in every point, Il. 1.294 ; ἃ Ζεὺς μήδετο ἔ. 2.38, etc.; πάρος τάδε ἔ. γενέσθαι 6.348, etc.; ὅπως ἔσται τάδε ἔ. 2.252, Od. 17.78, etc. ; μέμνημαι τόδε ἔ. Il. 9.527 ; ἄκουε τοὔργον S. Tr. 1157, cf. OT 847, Aj. 466 ; in bad sense, mischief, trouble, of disease, αἰτίη τοῦ ἔ. Aret. SA 1.9 ; μέγα ἔ. a serious matter, Od. 4.663, Th. 3.3. 2. μέγα ἔ., like μέγα χρῆμα, χερμάδιον λάβε χειρὶ Τυδεΐδης, μέγα ἔ. a monstrous thing, Il. 5.303, cf. 20.286 ; φυλόπιδος μέγα ἔ. a mighty call to arms, 16.208. III. Pass., that which is wrought or made, work, οἷʼ ἐπιεικὲς ἔργʼ ἔμεν ἀθανάτων, of the arms of Achilles, Il. 19.22 ; ἔ. Ἡφαίστοιο metal-work, Od. 4.617 ; πέπλοι.., ἔργα γυναικῶν Il. 6.289, Od. 7.97, cf. 10.223 ; ὕφασμα, σῆς ἔ. χερός A. Ch. 231 ; κολεόν..λώτινον ἔ. Theoc. 24.45 ; of a wall, Ar. Av. 1125 ; of a statue, X. Mem. 3.10.7 : in pl., of siege-works, ἔ. καὶ μηχαναί Plb. 5.3.6 ; of a machine, Apollod. Poliorc. 157.4, al., Ath.Mech. 15.2, al.; of public buildings, Mon.Anc.Gr. 18.20; of an authorʼs works, D.H. Comp. 25 ; τὸ περὶ ψυχῆς ἔργον Ἀριστοτέλους AP 11.354.8 (Agath.). 2. result of work, profit or interest, ἔργον [χρημάτων] interest or profit on money, Is. 11.42, cf. D. 27.10. IV. special phrases : 1. ἔργον ἐστί, a. c. gen. pers., it is his business, his proper work, ἀνδρῶν τόδʼ ἐστὶν ἔ. A. Ch. 673 ; ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἔ. ἀγαθοῦ πολίτου Pl. Grg. 517c ; of things, φραδέος νόου ἔργα τέτυκται it is a matter (which calls) for a wary mind, Il. 24.354 ; function, ἅπερ νεῶν ἄμεινον πλεουσῶν ἔργα ἐστίν Th. 2.89; οὐ θερμότητος ἔργον ψύχειν Pl. R. 335d ; τοῦτο ἑκάστου ἔ. ὃ ἂν ἢ μόνον τι ἢ κάλλιστα τῶν ἄλλων ἀπεργάζηται ib.353a ; ἔργα τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου functions, Gal. 16.518 : c. dat. pers., οἷς τοῦτο ἔ. ἦν X. Cyr. 4.5.36, cf. 6.3.27: with the possessive Pron., σὸν ἔ. [ἐστί] c. inf., A. Pr. 635 ; ἐμὸν τόδʼ ἔ. κρῖναι Id. Eu. 734 ; σὸν ἔ., θῦε θεοῖς Ar. Av. 862 ; ὑμέτερον ἐντεῦθεν ἔ. Id. Pax 426 : with Art., νῦν ἡμέτερον τὸ ἔ. Hdt. 5.1. b. c. gen. rei, there is need of.., τί δῆτα τόξων ἔ.; E. Alc. 39 ; πολλῆς φυλακῆς ἔ. [ἐστί] Pl. R. 537d : esp. with neg., οὐδὲν..ὀδόντων ἔ. ἐστʼ Ar. Pax 1310 ; οὐ δόλου νῦν ἔ. Id. Pl. 1158, cf. E. Hipp. 911 : c. dat. pers., ἐπέδρης μὴ εἶναι ἔ. τῇ στρατιῇ Hdt. 1.17 : with Art., οὐκ ἂν μακρῶν λόγων ἡμῖν τόδʼ εἴη τοὔργον S. El. 1373 : with a part. added, οὐδὲν ἦν ἔ. αὐτοῦ κατατείνοντος Plu. Publ. 13 : also c. inf., οὐδὲν ἔ. ἑστάναι there is no use in standing still, Ar. Lys. 424, cf. Av. 1308 ; οὐδὲν ἔ. ταῦτα θρηνεῖσθαι S. Aj. 852, cf. 12. c. c. inf., it is hard work, difficult to do, πολὺ ἔ. ἂν εἴη διεξελθεῖν X. Mem. 4.6.1 ; πολὺ ἔ. ἦν τῷ νομοθέτῃ πάντα γράφειν Lys. 10.7 ; ἔ. ἐστὶν εἰ ἐροῦμεν D. 24.51 ; ἔ. εὑρεῖν πρόφασιν Men. 76 ; also μέγα ἔ. ταῖς..ἐπιθυμίαις καλῶς χρῆσθαι Pl. Smp. 187e ; χαλεπὸν ἔ. διαιρεῖν Ar. Ra. 1100 (lyr.): also in gen., πλείονος ἔ. ἐστὶ..μαθεῖν Pl. Euthphr. 14b: rarely with a part., οὐδὲν ἔ. μαχομένῳ Philippid. 15.3 ; ἔ. [ἐστί] c. acc. et inf., it can scarcely happen that.., ἔ. ἅμα πάντας ὀργισθῆναι καὶ ἁμαρτεῖν Arist. Pol. 1286a35. 2. ἔργον παρασχεῖν τινί give one trouble, Ar. Nu. 523, cf. AP 9.161 (Marc. Arg., punning on Hesiodʼs Ἔργα) ; ἔργον ἔχειν take trouble, c. part., X. Cyr. 8.4.6 ; c. inf., Id. Mem. 2.10.6. 3. ἔ. γίγνεσθαι τῆς νόσου to be its victim, Anon. ap. Suid. s.v. ἄτολμοι ; κτεινόμενος ὑμέτερον ἔ. εἰμί Plu. Eum. 17 ; τῆς ὑμετέρας γέγονεν ἔ. ὀλιγωρίας Luc. Dem.Enc. 29. 4. ἔ. ποιεῖσθαί τι to make a matter oneʼs business, attend to it, Pl. Phdr. 232a, X. Hier. 9.10 ; so ἐν ἔργῳ τίθεσθαι Ael. VH 4.15. V. = ἐργασία III, τὸ ἔ. βαφέων CIG 3498 (Thyatira).
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