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 εἴργᾰθον (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.in An.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 .