ἀργία

A. = ἀεργία, want of employment, πεσσοὺς κύβους τε, τερπνὸν ἀργίας ἄκος S. Fr. 479.4; νεύρων καὶ ἄρθρων Hp. Mochl. 23; τοῦ καλοῦ Hierocl. in CA 19p.461M.; ψυχῆς ἀργίη Democr. 212; idleness, laziness, E. HF 592; νόμος περὶ τῆς ἀργίας against those who would not work, D. 57.32; γραφὴ ἀργίας AB 310, cf. Plu. Sol. 17,31: in pl., Isoc. 7.44.

b. quietism, E. Med. 296.

2. in good sense, rest, leisure, τῶν οἰκείων ἔργων from . . , Pl. Lg. 761a (pl.), LXX Wi. 13.13, etc.

3. in pl., holidays, Arr. Epict. 4.8.33, = feriae or justitium, App. BC 1.56, PPetr. 3: sg., of the Sabbath, LXX Is. 1.14.

4. lapse of cultivation, Thphr. CP 4.5.6.