ἔργον ἔργον, ου, τό, ἔργω work, Hom., etc.; τὰ σαυτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε mind your own business, Hom.: in Il. mostly of deeds of war, πολεμήϊα ἔργα Il., etc.; so, ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ during the action, Thuc.; ἔργου ἔχεσθαι to engage in battle, Thuc. of works of industry, tilled lands, fields, farms, Hom.; οὔτε βοῶν οὔτʼ ἀνδρῶν ἔργα (cf. Virgilʼs hominumque boumque labores), Il.; ἔργα Ἰθάκης the tilled lands of Ithaca, Od.; so in Attic, τὰ κατʼ ἀγροὺς ἔργα, etc.:—then, generally, property, wealth, possessions, ἔργον ἀέξειν Od. of womenʼs work, weaving, Hom. of other occupations, θαλάσσια ἔργα fishing, as a way of life, Od.; periphr., ἔργα δαιτός works of feasting, Il.; so, ἔργα θήρας, etc. Xen., etc.:—in Attic also of all kinds of works, such as mines, iron- works, Il., Dem. a hard piece of work, a hard task, Il.: also, a shocking deed or act, Lat. facinus, Od.:— also, χερμάδιον λάβε Τυδείδης, μέγα ἔργον a huge mass, Il. a deed, action, often, as opp. to ἔπος, deed, not word, Hom. a thing, matter, πᾶν ἔργον in every point, Il.; ἄκουε τοὔργον Soph., etc. Pass. that which is wrought, a work, of the arms of Achilles, Il.; metal-work is called ἔργον Ἡφαίστοιο Od., etc. the result of work, ἔργον χρημάτων profit on money, Dem. the following pecul. Attic phrases arise from signf. I: ἔργον ἐστί, c. gen. pers. his business, his proper work, ἔργον ἀγαθοῦ πολίτου Plat.; so, σὸν ἔργον ἐστί it is your business, Aesch. c. gen. rei, there is need of, use of a thing, Eur. c. inf. it is hard work, difficult to do, πολὺ ἔργον ἂν εἴη διεξελθεῖν Xen., etc.; οὐκ ἔργον θρηνεῖσθαι ʼtis no use to lament, Soph. ἔργα παρέχειν τινί to give one trouble, Ar.; ἔργον ἔχειν to take trouble, Xen.