ἐργασία
ἐργασία
ἐργᾰσία, ἡ,
ἐργάζομαι
work, daily labour, business, Lat. labor, Hhymn., Attic; δὸς ἐργασίαν, c. inf., Lat. da operam ut . . , NTest.
a working at, making, building, τειχῶν Thuc.; ἱματίων, ὑποδημάτων Plat., etc.
a working of a material, τοῦ σιδήρου Hdt.; τῶν χρυσείων μετάλλων Thuc., Ar., etc.
generally, trade, commerce, Xen., Dem.
a practising, exercising, τῶν τεχνῶν Plat.
a work of art, production, τετράγωνος ἐργ., of the Hermae, Thuc.