ἔργον

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-V<sup>a</sup> 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.

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