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1 ἔπος
I word, παύρῳ ἔπει in short utterance, Pi.O. 13.98 ;ἐπέων κόσμος Parm.8.52
, Democr.21 ;ἔπους σμικροῦ χάριν S. OC 443
;λόγοι ἔπεσι κοσμηθέντες Th.3.67
: generally, that which is uttered in words, speech, tale,ἔπος ἐρέειν Il.3.83
, etc.;φάσθαι Xenoph. 7.3
, Parm.1.23, etc.; joined with μῦθος, Od.4.597, 11.561.—Special uses,4 word of a deity, oracle, Od.12.266, Hdt.1.13, etc.6 word, opp. deed, ἔπε' ἀκράαντα words of none effect, opp. ἔτυμα, Od.19.565, cf. E.HF 111 (lyr.); opp. ἔργον, Il.15.234, Od.2.272, etc., cf. 11.1 ; (Elis, vi B.C.); opp. βίη, Il.15.106 ; opp. χεῖρες, 1.77 (pl.).II later usages,1 joined with ἔργον orπρᾶγμα Heraclit.1
, A.Pers. 174 (troch.), Ar.Eq.39, etc.;ἔργῳ τε καὶ ἔπει Pl. Lg. 879c
;ἅμα ἔπος τε καὶ ἔργον ἐποίεε Hdt.3.134
;χρηστὰ ἔργα καὶ ἔπεα ποιέειν Id.1.90
.b word in exchange for word, ἀμείβεσθαι, ἀποκρίνεσθαι, of an oracle, Id.Alex.19, Philops.38 ; alsoἔ. δ' ἀμείβου πρὸς ἔ. A.Eu. 586
, cf. Ar.Nu. 1375, Pl.Sph. 217d.c οὐδὲν πρὸς ἔ. to no purpose, Ar.Ec. 751 ; also, nothing to the purpose,ἐὰν μηδὲν πρὸς ἔ. ἀποκρίνωμαι Pl.Euthd. 295c
, cf. Luc.Herm.36 ; τί πρὸς ἔπος; Pl.Phlb. 18d.4 ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν almost, practically, qualifying a too absolute expression, esp. with πᾶς and οὐδείς (not with metaphors), Pl.Ap. 17a, Phd. 78e, Grg. 456a, al., Arist.Metaph. 1009b16, Pol. 1252b29, D.9.47, etc. ; opp. ὄντως or ἀκριβεῖ λόγῳ, Pl.Lg. 656e, R. 341b ; laterὡς ἔ. ἐστὶν εἰπεῖν POxy.67.14
(iv A.D.) ; in Trag.,ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔ. A.Pers. 714
(troch.), E.Heracl. 167,Hipp. 1162, once in Pl.,Lg. 967b(s.v.l.).5 ἑνὶ ἔπει in one word, briefly,ἑνὶ ἔπεϊ πάντα συλλαβόντα λέγειν Hdt.3.82
.III of single words, esp. with ref. to etymology or usage, Id.2.30, Ar. Nu. 638, Pl.Prt. 339a, etc.; ὀρθότης ἐπῶν,= ὀρθοέπεια (q.v.), Ar.Ra. 1181 ; ἄριστ' ἐπῶν ἔχον ib. 1161.IV in pl., epic poetry, opp. μέλη (lyric poetry), ἰαμβεῖα, διθύραμβοι, etc.,ῥαπτῶν ἐπέων ἀοιδοί Pi.N.2.2
;τὰ Κύπρια ἔπεα Hdt.2.117
, cf. Th.1.3, X.Mem.1.4.3, Pl.R. 379a, etc. ;ἔπεά τε ποιεῖν πρὸς λύραν τ' ἀείδειν Theoc.Ep.21.6
;νικήσας ἔπος IG3.1020
; ποητὴς ἐπῶν ib.7.3197.9 (Orchom. [dialect] Boeot.), cf. OGI51.37 (Egypt, iii B.C.).b generally, poetry, even lyrics, Alcm.25(prob.), Pi.O.3.8, etc.c lines, verses, esp. of spoken lines in the drama, Ar.Ra. 862, 956, etc.: sg., verse, line of poetry, Hdt.4.29, Pl.Min. 319d ; group of verses, Id.R. 386c, Hdt.7.143.d lines of writing,μυρίων ἐπῶν μῆκος Isoc.12.136
; ἐν ὅλοις ἑπτὰ ἔπεσι παραδραμεῖν, of a historian, Luc.Hist.Conscr.28. -
2 ἔργον
ἔργον, [dialect] Dor. [full] ϝέργον IG4.800 (vi B. C.), Elean [full] ϝάργον SIG9 (vi B.C.), τό: (ἔρδω, OE.A weorc (neut.) 'work', Avest. var[schwa]za-):— work, Il.2.436, etc.;ἔ. οὐδὲν ὄνειδος, ἀεργίη δέ τ' 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 σ' 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
; ; 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 κάλλιστ' 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. ;ἔργ' ἀνθρώπων 16.392
, Od.6.259 ;βροτῶν 10.147
; οὔτε βοῶν οὔτ' ἀνδρῶν φαίνετο ἔργα ib.98 ; ἔργα alone, 16.140, etc.; Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι—the title of Hesiod's work ; πατρώϊα ἔ. their father's lands, Od.2.22 ; οὔτ' ἐπὶ ἔργα..ἴμεν will neither go to our farms, ib. 127, cf. 252 ; Ἰθάκης..ἔργα the tilled lands of Ithaca, 14.344 ; ἀμφὶ.. Τιταρησσὸν ἔργ' 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 δ' ἐπὶ ἔργον ἀέξῃ Od.14.65
, cf. 15.372.b of women's 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 seaman's 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
; alsoτέκνων ἐς ἔ. A.Ag. 1207
: abs.,ἔργον Luc.DDeor.17.1
, AP12.209 (pl., Strat., s.v.l.); alsoἔργα 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,ἔργ' 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 11.1
) ; 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 [dialect] Att., etc., Th.2.65, etc.: so in pl.,λόγῳ μὲν..τοῖσι δ' ἔργοισιν S.OC 782
, cf. E.Fr.360.13 ; ; 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.SA1.9
; 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 [voice] Pass., that which is wrought or made, work, οἷ' ἐπιεικὲς ἔργ' 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 author's works, D.H.Comp.25 ;τὸ περὶ ψυχῆς ἔργον Ἀριστοτέλους AP11.354.8
(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 τόδ' 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, ; ; τοῦτο ἑκάστου ἔ. ὃ ἂν ἢ μόνον τι ἢ κάλλιστα τῶν ἄλλων ἀπεργάζηται ib. 353a ; 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 τόδ' ἔ. κρῖναι Id.Eu. 734
;σὸν ἔ., θῦε θεοῖς Ar.Av. 862
; : 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., ;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., : 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
; alsoμέγα 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. AP9.161 (Marc. Arg., punning on Hesiod's 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 one's business, attend to it, Pl.Phdr. 232a, X.Hier.9.10 ; soἐν ἔργῳ τίθεσθαι Ael.VH4.15
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3 ἔργον
Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `work, labour, work of art' (Il.).Dialectal forms: Myc. wekata \/wergatās\/Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in ἐργο-λάβος `undertaker'; further PN Έργα-μένης (Bechtel Namenstud. 23f.; cf. ἐργά-της but also Άλκαμένης); very often as 2. member - εργός (or - οργός), e. g. γεωργός (s. γῆ), δημιουργός (s. v.).Derivatives: ἐργώδης `laborious, heavy' (Hp., X.). ἐργάτης m. (from plur. ἔργα; Schwyzer 500; cf. ἐργάζομαι) `labourer', esp. `agricultural lab.', `laborious' (Ion.-Att.), f. ἐργάτις, with ἐργατικός `from an ἐργάτης, laborious', ἐργατίνης = ἐργάτης (Theoc.; vgl. Chantraine Formation 203, Schwyzer 490), διεργάτινος (Mytilene), ἐργατήσιος `profitable' (Plu. Cat. Ma. 21; uncertain; cf. Chantraine 42); ἐργασία, to ἐργάζομαι, s. below; denomin. verb ἐργατεύομαι, - εύω `work hard' with ἐργατεία (LXX, pap.). Έργάνη, Delph. Ϝαργάνα surname of Athena (Delphi VI-Va etc.), also = ἐργασία (pap., H.); ἔργανα, Ϝέργανα (written γέργ-) ἐργαλεῖα H. ἐργαλεῖον, usu. pl. - εῖα, Cret. Ϝεργ- `tool, instrument' (Ion.-Att.); there is no *ἔργαλον (cf. Chantraine 60 w. n. 1). denomin. verb ἐργάζομαι (Schwyzer 734 w. n. 7), Cret. Ϝεργάδδομαι `work' (Il.), often with prefix ἀπ-, ἐν- etc.; several derivv.: ἐργαστικός `busy, productive, labourer' (Ion.-Att.); ἐργασία, Cret. Ϝεργ- `(heavy) labour, fieldwork, profession' (Ion.-Att.; cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 215) with ἐργάσιμος `in business, cleared (land)' (also to ἐργάζομαι; cf. Arbenz Die Adj. auf - ιμος 44f.); ἐργαστήρ `fieldlabourer' (X.), ἐργαστής `id.', also `negotiator' (A. D., Rom. inscr.); ἐργαστήριον `workshop' (Ion.-Att.; cf Chantraine 62f.; from there - after vinculum - Lat. ergastulum; after Leumann [lastly Sprache 1, 207 n. 11] from ἔργαστρον) with ἐργαστηριακός `labourer' (Plb.), deminut. ἐργαστηρίδιον (pap.); ἔργαστρα pl. `wages' (pap.; Chantraine 332); cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 147 w. n. 3. Desiderat. ptc. ἐργασείων `who wants to do' (S.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1168] *u̯erǵ- `work'Etymology: Ϝέργον (Dor.; from there El. Ϝάργον) is identical with Av. varǝzǝm n., Germ., e. g. OHG werc, ONo. verk n. ` work'; IE *u̯érǵom n.; with sec. o Arm. gorc `id.' (after deverb. gorcem `work'); uncertain Welsh. vergo-bretus `highest official of the Aeduans'. - Primary verbs ἔρδω and ῥέζω; further ὄργανον, ὄργια, ἐόργη, s. vv.Page in Frisk: 1,548-549Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἔργον
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