ἐργαςτήριον

A. any place in which work is done : workshop, manufactory, Hdt. 4.14, Lys. 12.8, IG 22.1013.9 ; attached to a mine, ib.1582.58, al., D. 37.4, Is. 3.22 ; butcher's shop, Ar. Eq. 744 ; perfumer's shop, Hyp. Ath. 6 ; barber's shop, Plu. 2.973b ; μισθώσασθαι ἐ. πρὸς ἄνοιξιν καπηλείου POxy. 2109.31 (iii A.D.); euphem. for a brothel, D. 59.67, Alciphr. Fr. 5.1.

2. metaph., τὴν πόλιν ὄντως εἶναι πολέμου ἐ. X. HG 3.4.17 ; λόγων ἐ. Lib. Or. 55.34.

b. of persons, gang, συκοφαντῶν ἐ. D. 39.2,40.9 ; πειρατικὸν ἐ. Hld. 5.20.

c. as Adj., φάρμακον ἐ. τινός Sch.S. Tr. 846.