vεργασία

A. work, business, ἐργασίην φεύγουσα h.Merc. 486, etc.; opp. ἀργία, X. Mem. 2.7.7; ἐ. ἀγαθή productive labour, Id. Vect. 4.29 ; ἐργασίᾳ ἐγχειρεῖν, of bees, Arist. HA 625b24 ; ἡ περὶ τὴν θάλατταν ἐ., of seamen, Pl. R. 371b ; μὴ γενομένης ἐργασίας if no work was done, D. 27.20 ; δὸς ἐργασίαν, c. inf., Lat. da operam ut.., Ev.Luc. 12.58, cf. OGI 441.109 (SC. de Stratonicensibus, i B. C.) : pl., τὰς ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ ἐ. ἐργάζεσθαι X. Oec. 7.20 ; ἐ. ἀνελεύθεροι Arist. EN 1121b33, cf. Epicur. Fr. 196 (dub.).

2. function, ἥπατος Aret. SD 1.15.

II. working at, making, manufacture, ἱματίων, ὑποδημάτων, etc., Pl. Grg. 449d, Tht. 146d, etc. ; ἡ τῆς ἐσθῆτος ἐκ τῶν ἐρίων ἐ. X. Oec. 7.21 ; making up of a prescription, Hp. Ulc. 14 : metaph., Πέργαμος ἀμφὶ τεαῖς χερὸς ἐργασίαις ἁλίσκεται Troy is (i.e. is doomed to be) taken in the part wrought by thy hands, Pi. O. 8.42 ; ἐ. ἡδονῆς production of pleasure, Pl. Prt. 353d ; ἐ. χρημάτων money-making, Arist. EN 1160a16 (but administration of property, Leg.Gort. l.c.).

2. working of a material, ἡ ἐ. τοῦ σιδήρου Hdt. 1.68 ; χαλκοῦ, ἐρίων, ξύλων, Pl. Chrm. 173e ; τῶν χρυσείων μετάλλων Th. 4.105, cf. Hyp. Eux. 36 ; πίττης Thphr. HP 9.2.6: most commonly, tillage of the ground, ἐ. γῆς, χώρας, Ar. Ra. 1034(pl.), Isoc. 7.30, etc.; ἐ. κήπων Pl. Min. 316b ; ἐ. περὶ τὴν τροφήν preparation (i.e. mastication and digestion) of food, Arist. Juv. 469a3 ; treatment of silphium, Thphr. HP 6.3.2

3. generally, trade, business, X. Mem. 3.10.1 ; ἐπὶ τῆς ἐργασίας ὢν τῆς κατὰ θάλατταν engaged in trade by sea, D. 33.4 ; ἡ ἐ. τῆς τραπέζης the banking business, Id. 36.6 ; ἐ. χρυσοχοϊκή, ἀρωματική, PLond. 3.906.6 (ii A.D.), PFay. 93.7 (ii A.D.) ; βαφεῖς τὴν ἐ. dyers by trade, PTeb. 287.3 (ii A.D.); esp. of a courtesan's trade, Hdt. 2.135, D. 18.129 ; of sexual intercourse, Arist. Pr. 876a39.

b. ἐὰν ἐργασίαν εὕρῃ ὁ οἰκέτης if a slave brings in earnings, Hyp. Ath. 22.

4. practising, exercising, τῶν τεχνῶν Pl. Grg. 450c ; Κύπριδος AP 5.218 (Paul. Sil.); ἀκαθαρσίας Ep.Eph. 4.19.

5. work of art, production, τετράγωνος ἐ., of the Hermae, Th. 6.27 (non legit Sch.); τῶν τειχῶν αἱ ἐργασίαι the fortification works, Id. 7.6.

6. literary execution, ἐ. ποιητική Phld. Po. 5.11 ; elaboration of a topic, Sch.Pi. P. 2.24.

7. production of a play, Arg. Men. Oxy. 1235.108.

III. guild or company of workmen, ἡ ἐ. τῶν βαφέων Judeich Altertümer von Hierapolis 50 ; ἐριοπλυτῶν ib. 40 ; ἐ. θρεμματική dub. sens., ib.227.