κατεργασία

A. working up, freq. of food, by digestion or by chewing, Arist. PA 675b5, Pr. 931a32, etc.; ἡ τοῦ πυρὸς κ. stewing, boiling, Mnesith. ap. Ath. 2.59b: generally, production, χυμῶν (in the body) Hp. Praec. 9; κοιλωμάτων Epicur. Ep. 1p.9U. (pl.); σίτου Phld. Oec. pp.51,55 J.; working or manufacture, ἐλαίου Thphr. CP 1.19.4; cultivation of land, ib.1.16.6 (pl.), 3.20.1, PTeb. 61(b).129 (ii B.C.), etc.; καρπῶν D.S. 1.14; of mines, Str. 3.2.10; ξύλων Bito 52.2; παραδείγματος LXX 1 Ch. 28.19; τυγχάνειν κατεργασίας ἀφ’ ἡλίου, of vapour, D.L. 7.153; complction, κ. λαμβάνειν Thphr. HP 1.12.2.