ἐργατίνης
τὸ δ' ἡδέως ζῆν καὶ ἱλαρῶς οὐκ ἔξωθέν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῖς περὶ αὑτὸν πράγμασιν ἡδονὴν καὶ χάριν ὥσπερ ἐκ πηγῆς τοῦ ἤθους προστίθησιν → but a pleasant and happy life comes not from external things, but, on the contrary, man draws on his own character as a source from which to add the element of pleasure and joy to the things which surround him
English (LSJ)
[ῐ], ου, ὁ,
A = ἐργάτης, esp. husbandman, Theoc.10.1, A.R.2.376 (pl.) ; ἐ. ἄνδρες Theoc.21.3, AP11.58 (Maced.) ; βοῦς ἐ. A.R.2.663 (pl.), AP 6.228 (Adaeus). II c. gen., making a thing or practising an art, μέλιτος ὁ χρυσὸς ἐ. AP5.239 (Maced.); Κύπριδος ib.274 (Paul. Sil.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1020] ὁ, = ἐργάτης, der Arbeiter, u. adj. arbeitsam, thätig, Theocr. 10, 1. 21, 3, vom Landbauer; sp. D., ἀνέρες Haced. 18 (XI, 58); βοῦς Add. 3 (VI, 228), wie Ap. Rh. 2, 663; Κύπριδος Paul. Sil. 12 (V, 2751; auch fem., παλάμαι Ep. ad. 194 (App. 323).
