LogeionPerseus analyses of ἔργον:
- ἔργνυμι: pres part act masc voc sg (epic)
- ἔργνυμι: pres part act neut nom/voc/acc sg (epic)
- ἔργον (work): neut nom/voc/acc sg
LSJ entries
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ἑργνύω
ἑργνύω,
ἔργον
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. 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.
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.
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.).
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.