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A. to be worked, that can be worked, Alc. ap. Sch.Gen.Il. 21.319, Plu. 2.701c ; ξύλα, opp. καύσιμα, Poll. 7.109 ; σκεῦος ἐ. δέρματος LXX Le. 13.49 ; mostly of land, ἐ. χωρία tillable land, Pl. Lg. 639a,958d, Arist. Pr. 924a1 (sg. in PHal. 1.103 (iii B.C.)); τὰ ἐ. X. Cyr. 1.4.16, etc. ; τὰ τεμένη, ὅσα.. θεμιτόν ἐστιν ἐ. ποιεῖν to bring into cultivation, IG 2.1059.17 (iv B.C.) ; ἡ ἐ. (sc. γῆ) Thphr. HP 6.3.5.

2. ἐ. ἡμέρα a work-day, LXX 1 Ki. 20.19.

3. ἐ.,τό, cost of manufacture, ἄρτων UPZ 149.25, cf. 20 (ii B.C.).

II. Act., working for a livelihood, τὸ ἐ. the working people, App. BC 3.72 ; esp. of courtesans, Artem. 1.78.

2. active, θρασύτης Orph. H. 60.7.