ἀπεργάζομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=pf. <b class="b3">ἀπείργασμαι</b>, sometimes Act., Pl.''Lg.''704c, ''Ti.''30b, al., sometimes Pass., ''R.''566a, ''Phdr.''272a, al.: aor. <b class="b3">ἀπειργάσθην</b> always in pass. sense, Id.''R.''374c, al.:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[finish off]], [[complete]], [[bring to perfection]], τὰ ξύλινα τοῦ τείχους [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1154; freq. in Pl., ἔργον ἀ. ''Grg.''454a, ''R.'' 353c, 603a, al.; εὐδαίμονα πόλιν ἀ. ''Lg.''683b; τόν τε πολιτικὸν ἀ. καὶ τὸν φιλόσοφον ''Plt.''257a; ἡ τέχνη ἐπιτελεῖ ἃ ἡ φύσις ἀδυνατεῖ ἀπεργάσασθαι Arist.''Ph.''199a16.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of a [[painter]], [[fill up with colour]], [[represent in a finished picture]], opp. [[ὑπογράψαι]] ([[sketch]]), ἀπεργάζομαι [[ἀκριβῶς]] = [[finish]] in [[every]] [[detail]] Pl.''R.'' 548d.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[finish a contract]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.6.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[cause]], [[produce]], Pl.''Ti.''28e, al.; τὸ πλέον καὶ τὸ ἔλαττον Id.''Phlb.''24e; <b class="b3">δόξαν ψευδῆ</b> ib. 40d; νίκην καὶ σωτηρίαν Id.''Lg.''647b; [[πανουργία]]ν ἀντὶ [[σοφία]]ς ib.747c; [[ὀσμή]]ν Arist.''Fr.''368, etc.; followed by inf., [[enable]], τὸ ἀπεργαζόμενον [[ὀρθῶς]] [[χρῆσθαι]] Pl.''Euthd.''281a.<br><span class="bld">III</span> c. dupl. acc., [[make]] so and so, ἀγαθὸν ἀ. τινα X.''Smp.''8.35; τοὺς παῖδας ἀ. δειλοτέρους Pl.''R.''381e, cf. ''Plt.''287a, al.: pf. in pass. sense, [[ἀπειργασμένος]] [[τύραννος]] = [[finished]] [[tyrant]], ''R.''566a; [[τέχνη]] ἀπειργασμένη ''Phdr.''272a; ἀνὴρ ἀπειργασμένος [[καλὸς κἀγαθός]] = [[perfect]] [[gentleman]] X.''Oec.''11.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀπεργάζομαι τινά τινος</b> something to one, ὅ τι ἀγαθὸν ἡμᾶς ἀπεργάζεται Pl.''Chrm.''173a, cf. ''Riv.''135e; <b class="b3">ὅπερ ὕδωρ γῆν, τοῦτο πῦρ ἀέρα ἀπεργαζόμενα </b> as [[water]] [[act]]s upon [[earth]], Id.''Ti.''61b.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[work off]] a [[debt]], Men.''Her.''36.