ἐργασία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἐργασίη]], Cret. [[ϝεργασία]] Leg.Gort.8.44, ἡ, ([[ἐργάτης]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[work]], [[business]], ἐργασίην φεύγουσα h.Merc.486, etc.; opp. [[ἀργία]], X.Mem.2.7.7; [[ἐργασία ἀγαθή]] = [[productive labour]], Id.Vect.4.29; [[ἐργασίᾳ ἐγχειρεῖν]], of [[bee]]s, Arist. HA625b24; [[ἡ περὶ τὴν θάλατταν ἐργασία]], of [[seamen]], Pl.R.371b; [[μὴ γενομένης ἐργασίας]] = [[if no work was done]], D.27.20; [[δὸς ἐργασίαν]], c. inf., Lat. [[da operam ut]].., Ev.Luc.12.58, cf. OGI441.109 (SC. de [[Stratonicensibus]], i B. C.) : pl., τὰς ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ ἐργασίας [[ἐργάζεσθαι]] X.Oec.7.20; ἐ. [[ἀνελεύθερος|ἀνελεύθεροι]] Arist.EN1121b33, cf. Epicur.Fr.196 (dub.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[function]], ἥπατος Aret.SD1.15.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[working at]], [[making]], [[manufacture]], [[ἱμάτιον|ἱματίων]], [[ὑπόδημα|ὑποδημάτων]], etc., Pl.Grg.449d, Tht.146d, etc.; ἡ τῆς ἐσθῆτος ἐκ τῶν ἐρίων ἐργασίαX.Oec.7.21; [[making up]] of a [[prescription]], Hp.Ulc.14 : metaph., [[Πέργαμος ἀμφὶ τεαῖς χερὸς ἐργασίαις ἁλίσκεται]] = [[Troy is taken in the part wrought by thy hands]] (i.e. is doomed to be taken), Pi.O.8.42; [[ἐργασία ἡδονῆς]] = [[production of pleasure]], Pl.Prt.353d; [[ἐργασία χρημάτων]] = [[money-making]], Arist.EN1160a16 (but [[administration]] of [[property]], Leg.Gort. l.c.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[working]] of a [[material]], ἡ ἐργασία τοῦ [[σίδηρος|σιδήρου]] Hdt.1.68; [[ἐργασία χαλκοῦ]], [[ἐργασία ἐρίων]], [[ἐργασία ξύλων]], Pl.Chrm.173e; τῶν χρυσείων μετάλλων Th.4.105, cf. Hyp.Eux.36; πίττης Thphr.HP9.2.6: most commonly, [[tillage]] of the [[ground]], [[ἐργασία γῆς]], [[ἐργασία χώρας]], Ar.Ra.1034(pl.), Isoc.7.30, etc.; ἐργασία [[κῆπος|κήπων]] Pl. Min.316b; [[ἐργασία περὶ τὴν τροφήν]] = [[preparation of food]] (i.e. [[mastication]] and [[digestion]]), Arist.Juv.469a3; [[treatment]] of [[silphium]], Thphr.HP6.3.2<br><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[trade]], [[business]], X.Mem.3.10.1; [[ἐπὶ τῆς ἐργασίας ὢν τῆς κατὰ θάλατταν]] = [[engaged in trade by sea]], D.33.4; [[ἡ ἐργασία τῆς τραπέζης]] = [[the banking business]], Id.36.6; [[ἐργασία χρυσοχοϊκή]], [[ἐργασία ἀρωματική]], PLond.3.906.6 (ii A.D.), PFay.93.7 (ii A.D.); [[βαφεῖς τὴν ἐργασίαν]] = [[dyers by trade]], PTeb.287.3(ii A.D.); especially of a [[courtesan]]'s [[trade]], Hdt.2.135, D.18.129; of [[sexual]] [[intercourse]], Arist.Pr.876a39.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[ἐὰν ἐργασίαν εὕρῃ ὁ οἰκέτης]] = [[if a slave brings in earnings]], Hyp.Ath.22.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[practising]], [[exercising]], τῶν τεχνῶν Pl.Grg.450c; Κύπριδος AP5.218 (Paul. Sil.); ἀκαθαρσίας Ep.Eph.4.19.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[work of art]], [[production]], [[τετράγωνος ἐργασία]] = [[square construction]], of the [[Hermae]], Th.6.27 (non legit Sch.); [[τῶν τειχῶν αἱ ἐργασίαι]] = [[the fortification works]], Id.7.6.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[literary]] [[execution]], ἐργασία [[ποιητική]] Phld. Po.5.11; [[elaboration]] of a [[topic]], Sch.Pi.P.2.24.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[production]] of a [[play]], Arg. Men.Oxy.1235.108.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[guild]] or [[company]] of [[workman|workmen]], ἡ ἐργασία τῶν [[βαφεύς|βαφέων]] Judeich ''Altertümer von Hierapolis'' 50; [[ἐριοπλύτης|ἐριοπλυτῶν]] ib. 40; ἐργασία [[θρεμματικός|θρεμματική]] dub. sens., ib.227.