2.
a working
of a material,
tou` sidhvrou
Hdt
.;
tw`n cruseivwn metavllwn
Thuc
.,
Ar.
,
etc.
3.
generally,
trade, commerce,
Xen
.,
Dem.
4.
a practising, exercising,
tw`n tecnw`n
Plat.
5.
a work of art, production,
tetravgwno" ejrg
., of the Hermae,
Thuc.
ejrgavsimo"
ejrgavsimo" »a±1/4, on , ( ejrgavzomai ) of land, arable, Xen ., etc.
ejrgastevon
ejrgastevon , verb. Adj. of ejrgavzomai , one must work the land, Xen.
II. tou\rgon e[stÆ ejrg . it must be done or one must do it, Aesch. , Eur.
ejrgasthvr
ejrgasthvr , h`ro", oJ , ( ejrgavzomai ) a workman, husbandman, Xen.
ejrgasthvrion
ejrgasthvrion , tov , any place in which work is done: a workshop, manufactory, Hdt ., Att. : a mine, quarry, Dem .:— a butchers shop, Ar.
ejrgastikov"
ejrgastikov" , hv, ovn , ( ejrgavzomai ) able to work, working, industrious, Plat ., Xen.
ejrgavth"
ejrgavth" »a±1/4, ou, oJ , a workman: esp. one who works the soil, a husbandman, Hdt ., Att. ; ouJrgavth" lewv" the country- folk, Ar.
2.
as
Adj.
hard-working, strenuous,
Xen.
II.
one who practises
an art,
c. gen
., Id.
III.
a doer, worker,
Soph
.,
Xen.
ejrga±thvsio" , a, on , producing an income, Plut .; and ejrgatikov"
ejrgatikov"
ejrga±tikov" , hv, ovn , given to labour, diligent, active, Plat .; of the Nile, from its activity in depositing silt, Hdt. : Adv. -kw`" ti advantageously, Plut.
ejrgativnh"
ejrga±tivnh" »iØ1/4, ou, oJ , = ejrgavth" , a husbandman, Theocr.
2.
as
Adj.
,
active, laborious,
Anth.
II.
c. gen.
making
a thing or
practising
an art, Id.
ejrgavti"
ejrgavtiØ" »a±1/4, ido" , fem. of ejrgavth" , a workwoman: as Adj. laborious, industrious, active, Hdt ., Soph.
II. c. gen. working at or producing a thing, Aesch. ; nevktaro" ejrg ., of bees, Anth.