ἐργοδότης
From LSJ
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ,
A one who farms out work, X.Cyr. 8.2.5, CIG3467.22 (Sardes); un-Attic, acc. to Phryn.326 ; incorrectly used of workmen, Aret.SD1.6.