ἐργατεία
From LSJ
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A labour, work, handicraft, in pl., LXX Wi.7.16, BGU 1159.9 (i B.C.). 2 gang of workmen, ibid., POxy.1450.6 (iii A.D.). II Ἐργάτ<ε>ια, τά, festival of Heracles in Laconia, Hsch.
