ἐργάζομαι
ἐργάζομαι
ἔργον
to work, labour, properly of husbandry, Hes., Thuc., etc.; but also of all manual labour, Od., Hdt.:—also of things, as Vulcanʼs bellows, Il.
trans. to work at, make, build, Od., Attic
to do, perform, accomplish, Hom., Attic:—c. dupl. acc. to do something to another, Hdt., etc.; κακὰ ἐργάζεσθαί τινα Soph., Thuc.
to work a material, χρυσὸν εἰργάζετο Od.; ἐργ. γῆν to work the land, Hdt.
to earn by working, χρήματα Hdt., Attic
to work at, practise, Lat. exercere, τέχνην Plat.
absol. to work at a trade or business, to traffic, trade, Dem.
the perf. pass. εἴργασμαι is used in act. sense, as Hdt., Soph.; but also in pass. sense,
to be made or built, ἔργαστο τὸ τεῖχος Hdt.; ἐκ πέτρας εἰργασμένος Aesch., etc.
to be done, Aesch. —The fut. ἐργασθήσομαι always in pass. sense, Soph., etc.