ἔργω

A. τῆλέ με εἴργουσι ψυχαί Il. 23.72 (s.v.l.): impf. εἶργον Th. 1.106, (ἐξ‐) Hdt. 5.22 : fut. ἔρξω (ξυν‐) S. Aj. 593, εἴρξω or εἵρξω Id. Ph. 1407, E. El. 1255, Th. 4.9 : aor. I ἔρξα Od. 14.411, v.l. for εἷρξα in Hdt. 3.136, εἷρξα E. Ba. 443, Philipp. ap. D. 12.2, etc.: aor. 2 εἴργαθον (v. ἐργαθεῖν):—Med. and Pass., pres., Il. 17.571, Hdt. 5.57, etc.: fut. ἔρξομαι S. OT 890 (lyr.), εἴρξομαι X. An. 6.6.16, Aeschin. 3.122: aor. I ἔρχθην Il. 21.282, Hp. Mul. 1.4, εἵρχθην Lycurg. 112, D. 59.66 : pf. ἔργμαι h.Merc. 123, Ep. 3 pl. ἔρχαται Od. 10.283 ; εἷργμαι Ar. Av. 1085, εἶργμαι X. HG 5.2.31 ; Ep. part. ἐεργμένος Il. 5.89 : plpf., Ep. 3 pl. ἔρχατο 17.354, ἐέρχατο Od. 10.241. (εἵργω, = shut in, εἴργω, = shut out, acc. to Eust. 1387.3 ; cf. the compds. ἀπείργω, καθείργω, but ἄφ‐ερκτος occurs A. Ch. 446 (lyr.) ; the aspirate was always used in Att. acc. to Tz.inAn.Ox. 3.352, but v. κατείργω: at Heraclea it occurs in ἀφ‐, ἐφ‐, and συν‐ηέργω (qq.v.) : vέργ‐, cf. Skt. vrajás 'enclosure', and perh. Lat. urgeo ; ἐ-is prothetic in Ep. ἐ‐vέργω):—bar one's way either by shutting in or shutting out :

I. shut in, shut up, ἐρχθέντ’ ἐν ποταμῷ Il. 21.282 ; pen, ἐνὶ Κίρκης ἔρχαται ὥς τε σύες Od. 10.283 ; [ἄρνες] διακεκριμέναι ἕκασται ἔρχατο 9.221 ; τὰς μὲν ἄρα ἔρξαν κατὰ ἤθεα κοιμηθῆναι 14.411 ; ὅσσους Ἑλλήσποντος ἐντὸς ἐέργει encloses, Il. 2.845 (so ἔνδον εἵρξας Ar. Ach. 330); ἂψ ἐπὶ νῆας ἔεργε [φάλαγγας] drove them to the ships and shut them up there, Il. 16.395, cf.12.219, Th. 1.106; shut up, θανόντων ψυχάς Thgn. 710 ; esp. in prison, Hdt. 3.136, Philipp. ap. D. 12.2, Lycurg. 112 (Pass.), D. 59.66, etc. ; of things, θύραι δόμον ἐντὸς ἔεργον Od. 7.88 ; σύμπαντα ἐντὸς μιᾶς ὁμοιότητος ἕρξας having included.., Pl. Plt. 285b:—Pass., σάκεσσι γὰρ ἔρχατο πάντῃ were fenced in, secured, Il. 17.354 ; γέφυραι ἐεργμέναι well-secured, strong-built, compact, 5.89 : Medic., of discharges, to be retained, Hp. Mul. 1.4,8 ; ἐὰν ἡ τοῦ βλεφάρου θρὶξ εἰρχθῇ if the eyelash is caught (in the loop), Paul.Aeg. 6.13 (fort. εἰρθῇ, vel ἐρθῇ, cf. ἐρτός).

II. shut out, Il. 23.72, Th. 4.9, etc. ; ἀμφὶς ἐέργει Il. 13.706 (v. ἀμφίς A.II); κλῄθροις ἂν εἰργοίμεσθα E. Hel. 288.

2. c. gen., shut out or keep away from, ὡς ὅτε μήτηρ παιδὸς ἐέργῃ μυῖαν Il. 4.131, cf. Od. 12.219 ; τῶν μὲν πάμπαν ἔεργε..θυμόν Hes. Op. 335, cf. Parm. 1.33; ἔργειν τινὰ σιτίων Hdt. 3.48:—freq. in Pass., [μυῖα] ἐργομένη χροός Il. 17.571 ; εἴργεσθαι ἱερῶν, νομίμων, ἀγορᾶς, to be excluded from participation in.., Isoc. 4.157, Antipho 6.36, Lys. 6.24 ; but εἰργόμενον θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ἀνάπηρον ποιῆσαι short of, excluding death and maiming, Aeschin. 1.183 : with Preps., ἔ. [βέλος] ἀπὸ χροός Il. 4.130 ; τινα ἀπὸ τιμῆς Od. 11.503 ; [ἀηδὼν] ἀπὸ χλωρῶν πετάλων ἐργομένα A. Supp. 63 (lyr.); ἐκ τῶν Ἑλληνίδων πόλεων X. An. 6.6.16, etc. : rarely c. dat. pers., εἴργειν..μητρὶ πολέμιον δόρυ to keep it off from her, A. Th. 416:— Med., keep oneself, abstain, withdraw from, c. gen., πόλιος Hdt. 4.164 ; τῶν ἀσέπτων ἔρξεται S. OT 890 (lyr.); γελώτων Pl. Lg. 732c, etc. ; ἔργετο [τοῦ ἄλσεος] he kept away from it, i.e. spared it, Hdt. 7.197.

3. hinder, prevent from doing, abs., Thgn. 686, Pl. Lg. 784c : c. dupl.acc., ἀλλ’ ἡμᾶς τοῦτό γε μηδὲν..εἴρξῃ Id. Sph. 242a, cf. Ar. V. 334 (lyr.):— Pass., οὐδὲν εἴργεται nothing is barred, i.e. all things are permitted, S. Tr. 344; εἴργου stop! cease! Id. OC 836.

b. c. inf., mostly with μή or μὴ οὐ added, οὐ νὺξ ἔργει μὴ οὐ κατανύσαι Hdt. 8.98 ; εἴργει τόνδε μὴ θνῄσκειν νόμος E. Heracl. 963, cf. A. Ag. 1027 (lyr.) : c. inf. only, κακὸν δὲ ποῖον εἶργε τοῦτ’ ἐξειδέναι; S. OT 129 ; εἴρξω πελάζειν Id. Ph. 1407 (troch.); οὐδὲν εἴργει..τελειοῦσθαι τάδε Id. Tr. 1257 : with the Art., εἰργαθεῖν τὸ μὴ οὐχ ἑλεῖν E. Ph. 1175 ; also εἴργ. ὥστε.. or ὥστε μή.., c. inf., X. HG 7.2.13, An. 3.3.