ἀργέω
κρεῖττον εἶναι φιλοσόφως ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἀφιλοσόφως ζῆν → that it is better to die in manner befitting a philosopher than to live unphilosophically
English (LSJ)
fut. -ήσω: aor.
A ἤργησα BGU698.4 (ii A.D.): pf. ἤργηκα POxy.1160.14 (iii/iv A.D.): (ἀργός, ἀεργός):—to be unemployed, do nothing, Hp.Mochl.23, E.Ph.625, X.Cyr.1.2.15, Pl.R.426a, etc.; keep Sabbath, LXX 2 Ma.5.25; ἀ. τὴν ἑβδόμην J.BJ7.3.3; οἱ ἀργοῦντες the idle, Trag.Adesp.527; γῆ ἀργοῦσα lying fallow, X.Cyr.1.6.11, PFlor.262.9 (iii A.D.); ἀργῆσαν ἤμυσε στέγος S.Fr.864; φησὶν ἀργῆσαι τὸ ἐργαστήριον is out of work, D.27.19; of the senses, to be at rest, νυκτὸς τῆς ὄψεως ἀργούσης Arist.Pr.903a21, cf. Somn.Vig.455a30: c. gen. rei, ἀργήσει . . τῆς αὑτοῦ δημιουργίας will be unoccupied in his own work, Pl.R.371c. II Pass., to be left undone, X.Cyr.2.3.3; to be fruitless, ἡ σκέψις ἂν ἀργοῖτο Id.Hier.9.9.
