ἐργάσιμος
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
English (LSJ)
ον,
A to be worked, that can be worked, Alc. ap. Sch.Gen.Il.21.319, Plu.2.701c ; ξύλα, opp. καύσιμα, Poll.7.109 ; σκεῦος ἐ. δέρματος LXXLe.13.49 ; mostly of land, ἐ. χωρία tillable land, Pl.Lg.639a,958d, Arist.Pr.924a1 (sg. in PHal.1.103 (iii B.C.)); τὰ ἐ. X.Cyr.1.4.16, etc. ; τὰ τεμένη, ὅσα.. θεμιτόν ἐστιν ἐ. ποιεῖν to bring into cultivation, IG2.1059.17(iv B.C.) ; ἡ ἐ. (sc. γῆ) Thphr.HP 6.3.5. 2 ἐ. ἡμέρα a work-day, LXX 1 Ki.20.19. 3 ἐ., τό, cost of manufacture, ἄρτων UPZ149.25, cf. 20 (ii B.C.). II Act., working for a livelihood, τὸ ἐ. the working people, App.BC3.72 ; esp. of courtesans, Artem.1.78. 2 active, θρασύτης Orph.H.60.7.
