ἐργαλήϊον
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
Ion. for ἐργαλεῖον, Cret. ϝεργαλεῖον Schwyzer 180, τό (ἔργον) tool, instrument, Hdt.3.131, Th.6.44, Pl.Plt. 281c, etc.
German (Pape)
ion. = ἐργαλεῖον.
Translations
Albanian: mjet, vegël; Amharic: መሣሪያ; Arabic: أَدَاة, آلَة, عُدَّة; Gulf Arabic: اداة; Hijazi Arabic: عِدّة; Moroccan Arabic: دزان; Armenian: գործիք; Assamese: সঁজুলি, আহিলা; Asturian: ferramienta; Avar: алат; Azerbaijani: alət, hacat; Belarusian: інструмент, прылада; Bengali: সাধনী; Bulgarian: инструмент, оръ́дие; Burmese: ကိရိယာ; Catalan: eina; Cebuano: gamit, himan; Chinese Cantonese: 架生, 工具; Mandarin: 工具; Min Nan: 家私, 工具; Wu: 工具; Crimean Tatar: alet; Czech: nástroj; Danish: værktøj, redskab, instrument; Dutch: gereedschap, werktuig, instrument, hulpmiddel; Esperanto: laborilo; Estonian: tööriist; Finnish: työkalu; French: outil; Galician: ferramenta; Georgian: ინსტრუმენტი; German: Gerät, Instrument, Werkzeug; Greek: εργαλείο, όργανο; Ancient Greek: ἐργαλεῖον; Hebrew: כְּלִי; Higaonon: himan; Hindi: उपकरण, औज़ार; Hungarian: szerszám, eszköz, szer; Icelandic: verkfæri, tól; Indonesian: alat; Interlingua: instrumento; Irish: uirlis; Italian: arnese, strumento, utensile, mezzo; Japanese: 道具, ツール; Kazakh: аспап, құрал; Khmer: គ្រឿង, ប្រដាប់, ប្រដាប់ប្រដា; Korean: 도구(道具), 툴; Kyrgyz: курал, аспап; Lao: ເຄື່ອງມື, ເຄື່ອງ; Latin: instrumentum, ferramentum; Latvian: instruments, darbarīks; Lithuanian: įrankis, įnagis; Luhya: sisindu; Lü: ᦵᦆᦲᧂᧈ; Macedonian: алатка, алат; Malay: alat; Maltese: għodda; Maori: paraha; Mongolian Cyrillic: багаж, хэрэгсэл; Navajo: bee naʼanishí; Nepali: औजार; Ngazidja Comorian: shomɓo; Norwegian: verktøy; Occitan: aisina; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: орѫдиѥ; Pashto: اوزار, آله, اوړی, سامان; Persian: ابزار, اسباب, آلت, افزار; Polish: narzędzie, przybór; Portuguese: instrumento, ferramenta; Romanian: sculă, unealtă, instrument; Russian: инструмент, орудие труда, орудие; Sanskrit: उपकरण; Scots: tuil; Scottish Gaelic: inneal; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: а̀ла̄т, о̀рӯђе; Roman: àlāt, òrūđe; Shan: ၶိူင်ႈ; Sicilian: mmarazzu, strummentu, stigghiu, pupu; Slovak: nástroj; Slovene: orodje; Spanish: herramienta; Swahili: kifaa; Swedish: verktyg; Tajik: олат, асбоб, афзор, абзор; Tatar: корал; Telugu: పనిముట్టు; Thai: เครื่อง, อุปกรณ์, เครื่องมือ; Tibetan: ལག་ཆ; Turkish: alet, araç; Turkmen: abzal; Ukrainian: інструмент, начиння, знаряддя; Urdu: اوزار; Uyghur: سايمان; Uzbek: asbob, olat; Vietnamese: dụng cụ, đồ dùng; Walloon: usteye, osti; Welsh: teclyn; West Frisian: ark; Westrobothnian: dillfang; White Yiddish: ווערקצייג; Zhuang: gaiqdawz, gunghgi