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|Definition=Ep. and Ion., and [[ἐέργω]], Ep. for Att. [[εἴργω]] (or [[εἵργω]], v. infr.), which occurs once in Hom.,<br><span class="bld">A</span> τῆλέ με εἴργουσι ψυχαί Il.23.72 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]): impf. εἶργον Th.1.106, (ἐξ-) Hdt.5.22: fut. ἔρξω (ξυν-) [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''593, [[εἴρξω]] or εἵρξω Id.''Ph.''1407, E.''El.''1255, Th.4.9: aor. I ἔρξα Od. 14.411, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[εἷρξα]] in Hdt.3.136, εἷρξα E.''Ba.''443, Philipp. ap. D.12.2, etc.: aor. 2 εἴργᾰθον (v. [[ἐργαθεῖν]]):—Med. and Pass., pres., Il.17.571, Hdt.5.57, etc.: fut. ἔρξομαι S.''OT''890 (lyr.), εἴρξομαι X.''An.''6.6.16, Aeschin.3.122: aor. I ἔρχθην Il.21.282, Hp.''Mul.''1.4, εἵρχθην Lycurg. 112, D.59.66: pf. ἔργμαι ''h.Merc.''123, Ep. 3pl. ἔρχαται Od.10.283; εἷργμαι Ar.''Av.''1085, εἶργμαι X.''HG''5.2.31; Ep. part. ἐεργμένος Il.5.89: plpf., Ep. 3pl. ἔρχατο 17.354, ἐέρχατο Od.10.241. ([[εἵργω]], = [[shut in]], [[εἴργω]], = [[shut out]], acc. to Eust.1387.3; cf. the compds. [[ἀπείργω]], [[καθείργω]], but <b class="b3">ἄφ-ερκτος</b> occurs A.''Ch.''446 (lyr.); the aspirate was always used in Att. acc. to Tz.in''An.Ox.''3.352, but v. [[κατείργω]]: at Heraclea it occurs in <b class="b3">ἀφ-, ἐφ-</b>, and [[συνηέργω]] ([[quod vide|qq.v.]]): <b class="b3">ϝέργ-</b>, cf. Skt. vrajás '[[enclosure]]', and perhaps Lat. [[urgeo]]; [[ἐ]]- is prothetic in Ep. <b class="b3">ἐ-ϝέργω</b>):—[[bar one's way]] either by shutting in or [[shut]]ting out:<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[shut in]], [[shut up]], ἐρχθέντ' ἐν ποταμῷ Il.21.282; [[pen]], ἐνὶ Κίρκης ἔρχαται ὥς τε σύες Od.10.283; [ἄρνες] διακεκριμέναι ἕκασται ἔρχατο 9.221; τὰς μὲν ἄρα ἔρξαν κατὰ ἤθεα κοιμηθῆναι 14.411; ὅσσους Ἑλλήσποντος ἐντὸς ἐέργει [[enclose]]s, Il.2.845 (so ἔνδον εἵρξας [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''330); <b class="b3">ἂψ ἐπὶ νῆας ἔεργε</b> [φάλαγγας] [[drove]] them to the [[ship]]s and [[shut]] them [[up]] there, Il. 16.395, cf.12.219, Th.1.106; [[shut up]], θανόντων ψυχάς Thgn.710; especially in prison, Hdt.3.136, Philipp. ap. D.12.2, Lycurg.112 (Pass.), D.59.66, etc.; of things, θύραι δόμον ἐντὸς ἔεργον Od.7.88; σύμπαντα ἐντὸς μιᾶς ὁμοιότητος ἕρξας having included.., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 285b:—Pass., σάκεσσι γὰρ ἔρχατο πάντῃ [[were fenced in]], [[secured]], Il.17.354; γέφυραι ἐεργμέναι [[well-secured]], [[strong-built]], [[compact]], 5.89: Medic., of discharges, to [[be retained]], Hp.''Mul.''1.4,8; <b class="b3">ἐὰν ἡ τοῦ βλεφάρου θρὶξ εἰρχθῇ</b> if the [[eyelash]] is caught (in the [[loop]]), Paul.Aeg.6.13 (fort. [[εἰρθῇ]], vel [[ἐρθῇ]], cf. [[ἐρτός]]).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[shut out]], Il.23.72, Th.4.9, etc.; ἀμφὶς ἐέργει Il.13.706 (v. [[ἀμφίς]] A.II); κλῄθροις ἂν εἰργοίμεσθα E.''Hel.''288.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[shut out]] or [[keep away from]], ὡς ὅτε μήτηρ παιδὸς ἐέργῃ μυῖαν Il.4.131, cf. Od.12.219; τῶν μὲν πάμπαν ἔεργε..θυμόν Hes.''Op.''335, cf. Parm.1.33; ἔργειν τινὰ σιτίων Hdt.3.48:—freq. in Pass., [[μυῖα]] ἐργομένη χροός Il. 17.571; <b class="b3">εἴργεσθαι ἱερῶν, νομίμων, ἀγορᾶς</b>, to be [[exclude]]d from [[participation]] in., Isoc.4.157, Antipho 6.36, Lys.6.24; but <b class="b3">εἰργόμενον θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ἀνάπηρον ποιῆσαι</b> [[short of]], [[excluding]] death and maiming, Aeschin.1.183: with Preps., ἔ. [[βέλος]] ἀπὸ χροός Il.4.130; τινα ἀπὸ τιμῆς Od.11.503; [ἀηδὼν] ἀπὸ χλωρῶν πετάλων ἐργομένα A.''Supp.''63 (lyr.); ἐκ τῶν Ἑλληνίδων πόλεων X.''An.''6.6.16, etc.: rarely c. dat. pers., <b class="b3">εἴργειν..μητρὶ πολέμιον δόρυ</b> to [[keep]] it [[off]] from her, A.''Th.''416:—Med., [[keep]] oneself, [[abstain]], [[withdraw from]], c. gen., πόλιος Hdt.4.164; τῶν ἀσέπτων ἔρξεται S.''OT''890 (lyr.); γελώτων Pl.''Lg.''732c, etc.; <b class="b3">ἔργετο [τοῦ ἄλσεος]</b> he kept away from it, i.e. [[spare]]d it, Hdt.7.197.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[hinder]], [[prevent]] from doing, abs., Thgn.686, Pl.''Lg.''784c: c. dupl.acc., ἀλλ' ἡμᾶς τοῦτό γε μηδὲν..εἴρξῃ Id.''Sph.''242a, cf. Ar.''V.''334 (lyr.):—Pass., <b class="b3">οὐδὲν εἴργεται</b> [[nothing]] is [[bar]]red, i.e. all things are [[permit]]ted, S.''Tr.''344; [[εἴργου]] = [[stop]]! [[cease]]! Id.''OC''836.<br><span class="bld">b</span> c. inf., mostly with [[μή]] or [[μὴ οὐ]] added, οὐ νὺξ ἔργει μὴ οὐ κατανύσαι Hdt.8.98; εἴργει τόνδε μὴ θνῄσκειν νόμος E.''Heracl.''963, cf. A.''Ag.''1027 (lyr.): c. inf. only, <b class="b3">κακὸν δὲ ποῖον εἶργε τοῦτ' ἐξειδέναι</b>; S.''OT''129; εἴρξω πελάζειν Id.''Ph.''1407 (troch.); οὐδὲν εἴργει..τελειοῦσθαι τάδε Id.''Tr.''1257: with the Art., εἰργαθεῖν τὸ μὴ οὐχ ἑλεῖν E.''Ph.''1175; also <b class="b3">εἴργ. ὥστε.</b>. or <b class="b3">ὥστε μή.</b>., c. inf., X.''HG''7.2.13, ''An.''3.3.<br><span class="bld">ἔργω</span>,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[do work]], v. [[ἔρδω]].