ἔργω
ἔργω
for aor2 εἴργαθον v. sub ἐργαθεῖν
Mid. and Pass., fut. ἔρξομαι, Attic εἴρξομαι
to bar oneʼs way either by shutting in or shutting out:
to shut in, shut up, Lat. includere, Hom.; ἐντὸς ἐέργειν to enclose, bound, Il.; ἂψ ἐπὶ νῆας ἔεργε drove them to the ships and shut them up there, Il.:—of things, δόμον ἐέργειν to shut it up, Od.: —Pass., ἔρχατο were fenced in, Il.; γέφυραι ἐεργμέναι well-secured, strong-built, Il.
to shut out, Lat. excludere, Hom.; ἐκτὸς ἐέργειν Od.
c. gen. to shut out or keep away from, Il., Hdt., Attic; and with Preps., ἔργ. τι ἀπό τινος Il.; c. dat. pers., εἴργειν μητρὶ δόρυ to keep it off from her, Aesch.:— Pass., εἰργόμενον θανάτου short of death, Aeschin.:— Mid. to keep oneself or abstain from, Hdt., Soph.
to hinder, prevent from doing, Theogn.:—Pass., οὐδὲν εἴργεται nothing is barred, i. e. all things are permitted, Soph.:—c. inf., mostly with μή added; εἴργει τόνδε μὴ θανεῖν νόμος Eur.; c. inf. only, οὐδὲν εἴργει τελειοῦσθαι τάδε Soph.