ἔργατις

ιδος, Adj.
A. workwoman; of the worker bees, Arist. HA 627a12, Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 7.12 ; μάθε ὡς ἐ. ἐστὶν [ἡ μέλισσα] LXX Pr. 6.8a ; ἐ. βοῦς AP 9.741.
2. Adj. laborious, industrious, γυναῖκες οὕτω ἐ. Hdt. 5.13 ; γλῶσσαν μὲν ἀργὸν χεῖρα δ’ εἶχεν ἐργάτιν S. Ph. 97 ; βιοτά APl. 1.15.6.
3. working for hire, Μοῖσ’ οὔ πω ἐ. ἦν Pi. I. 2.6 ; of a courtesan, Archil. 184.
II. c. gen., working at or producing, μνήμην ἁπάντων μουσομήτορ’ ἐργάτιν A. Pr. 461 (ἐργάνην Stob.); νέκταρος ἐ., of bees, AP 9.404.8 (Antiphil.); νήματος ἠλακάτα ib.6.174 (Antip. <Sid.>); σελίδων, of poetesses, ib.9.26.8 (Antip. Thess.); Κύπριδος, of courtesans, ib.5.244.8 (Maced.) ; rare in Prose, πόλις ἐ. τῶν ἀγαθῶν D.H. 2.76.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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