ἐργαλεῖα

From LSJ

Ὅτι οὐδὲν ἧττον τὰ αὐτὰ ποιήσουσι, κἂν σὺ διαρραγῇς → You may break your heart, but men will still go on as before

Source

Lexicon Thucydideum

instrumenta, tools, 6.44.1, 7.18.4.