ἀργός

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(A), ή, όν,

   A shining, glistening, of a goose, Od.15.161; of a sleek, well-fed ox, Il.23.30; in Hom. mostly in the phrase πόδας ἀργοί, of hounds, swift-footed, because all swift motion causes a kind of glancing or flickering light, 18.578, Od.2.11, etc.; κύνες ἀργοί Il. 1.50, 18.283, cf. D.S.4.41, Corn.ND16.    2 white, Arist.Top.149a7.    II parox. as pr. n., Ἄργος, ὁ, name of a dog, Swift-foot, Od. 17.292: also of the herdsman Argus (i.e. bright-eyed, A.Pr.567 (lyr.), Supp.305) who was so called from his eyes being ever open and bright. (By dissimilation from *ἀργρός, cf. Skt. ṛjrá-, = (1) shining, (2) swift, Vedic pr. n. [Rnull ]ji-śvan-, lit. = possessing κύνες ἀργοί.)
ἀργός (B), όν, later ή, όν Arist.EN1167a11, Mete.352a13, Thphr. Lap.27, Ath.Mech.12.11, etc.: (contr. from ἀεργός):—prop.

   A not working the ground, Hdt.5.6; idle, lazy, opp. ἐργάτις, S.Ph.97, cf. Ar. Nu.53, etc.; γαστέρες ἀ. Epimenid.1; ἀ. ἐπιθυμίαι Pl.R.572e; ἀ. τὴν διάνοιαν ib.458a; τὸ πρὸς ἅπαν ξυνετὸν ἐπὶ πᾶν ἀ. Th.3.82; ἂν ἀ. ᾖ if he have no trade, Antiph.123.3; πότερον ἀνθρώπου οὐδέν ἐστιν [ἔργον] ἀλλ' ἀργὸν πέφυκεν; Arist.EN1097b30: c. gen. rei, idle at a thing, free from it, τῶν οἴκοθεν from domestic toils, E.IA1000; πόνων σφοδρῶν Pl.Lg.835d; γυναῖκας ἀργοὺς ταλασίας ib.806a; ἀ. αἰσχρῶν slow to evil, A.Th.411; ἀργότεραι ἐς τὸ δρᾶν τι Th.7.67; ἀ. περί τι Pl.Lg. 966d.    2 of things, δόρυ E.Ph.1387; of money, lying idle, yielding no return, opp. ἐνεργός, D.27.7 and 20; of land, lying fallow, Isoc.4.132, X.Cyr.3.2.19, Thphr.HP9.12.2; opp. πεφυτευμένος, IG7.2226B (Thisbe, iii A.D.); διατριβὴ ἀ. in which nothing is done, fruitless, Ar. Ra.1498 (lyr.), Isoc.4.44; χρόνον ἀργὸν διάγειν Plu.Cor.31. Adv. ἀργῶς, ἐπιμέλεσθαι X.Mem.2.4.7; ἔχειν D.6.3: Comp. and Sup. ἀργότερον, -ότατα, X.Oec.15.6 and 1.    b ἀ. λόγος, name of a sophism, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.277, cf.Plu.2.574e.    II Pass.,unwrought, ἁρμός, κυμάτιον, IG1.322b23,59; πυροὶ ἀ. unprepared for eating, Hp.VM13; ἄργυρος Paus.3.12.3; βύρσαι undressed hides, Ath.Mech. l.c.; unpolished, Thphr.Lap.27.    2 not done, left undone, κοὐκ ἦν ἔτ' οὐδὲν ἀ. S.OC1605; ἓν δ' ἐστὶν ἡμῖν ἀ. E.Ph.766; οὐκ ἐν ἀργοῖς not among things neglected, S.OT287; τὰ μὲν προβέβηκεν ἀμήχανόν ἐστι γενέσθαι ἀργά Thgn.584.    3 unattempted, μάχη Pl.Euthd.272a.    4 Astrol., τόπος ἀ., name of the 8th of the 12 'houses', Ptol.Tetr.128, Paul.Al.M.4; πλανήτης Plot.2.3.3; ζῴδιον S.E.M.5.15.