ἀργία
δόξειε δ' ἂν τῆς κυριωτάτης καὶ μάλιστα ἀρχιτεκτονικῆς. τοιαύτη δ' ἡ πολιτικὴ φαίνεται → It would seem to belong to the most authoritative art and that which is most truly the master art. And politics appears to be of this nature.
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A = ἀεργία, want of employment, πεσσοὺς κύβους τε, τερπνὸν ἀργίας ἄκος S.Fr.479.4; νεύρων καὶ ἄρθρων Hp.Mochl.23; τοῦ καλοῦ Hierocl.in CA19p.461M.; ψυχῆς ἀργίη Democr.212; idleness, laziness, E.HF592; νόμος περὶ τῆς ἀργίας against those who would not work, D.57.32; γραφὴ ἀργίας AB310, cf. Plu.Sol.17,31: in pl., Isoc. 7.44. b quietism, E.Med.296. 2 in good sense, rest, leisure, τῶν οἰκείων ἔργων from... Pl.Lg.761a (pl.), LXX Wi.13.13, etc. 3 in pl., holidays, Arr.Epict.4.8.33, = feriae or justitium, App.BC1.56, PPetr.3: sg., of the Sabbath, LXXIs.1.14. 4 lapse of cultivation, Thphr.CP4.5.6.
