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ἔργον

a tillage, tilled lands, ἀνδρῶν πίονα ἔ. Il. 12.283, etc. ; ἔργʼ ἀνθρώπων 16.392, Od. 6.259 ; βροτῶν 10.147 ; οὔτε βοῶν οὔτʼ ἀνδρῶν φαίνετο ἔργα ib. 98 ; ἔργα alone, 16.140, etc.; Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι—the title of Hesiodʼs work ; πατρώϊα ἔ. their fatherʼs lands, Od. 2.22 ; οὔτʼ ἐπὶ ἔργα..ἴμεν will neither go to our farms, ib. 127, cf. 252 ; Ἰθάκης..ἔργα the tilled lands of Ithaca, 14.344 ; ἀμφὶ.. Τιταρησσὸν ἔργʼ ἐνέμοντο inhabited lands, Il. 2.751 ; τὰ τῶν Μυσῶν ἔ. Hdt. 1.36 ; so later, PBaden 40.5 (ii A.D.) : generally, property, wealth, possessions, θεὸς δʼ ἐπὶ ἔργον ἀέξῃ Od. 14.65, cf. 15.372.

λωτέω

II bloom, πεδία λωτεῦντα Il. 12.283 (v.l. for λωτοῦντα); cf. λωτόεις.

λωτόεις

overgrown with lotus, πεδία λωτοῦντα ( v.l. - εῦντα) lotus-plains, Il. 12.283; or. blooming (λωτέω II).

πεδίον

plain, in Hom. mostly sg., Il. 5.222, al. : in pl., 12.283, Hes. Op. 388, etc. ; ἐν πεδίῳ on a fertile plain, opp. ἐν πέτραις, Men. 719.

πίων

II rich, ἀγρός, δῆμος, etc., Il. 23.832, 16.437, etc.; πίονα ἔργα rich crops, 12.283; τέμενος Pi. P. 4.56.

ἔργον

ἔργον -ου, τό (ϝέργον) [cf. (ϝ)έρδω.] 1 Something done or performed or to be done or performed, a deed: ἃ Ζεὺς μήδετο ἔργα Il. 2.38, ὑπέσχετο μέγα ἐ. Il. 13.366. Cf. Il. 3.130, Il. 5.757, Il. 9.595, Il. 16.120, Il. 18.77, etc.: Od. 1.338, Od. 2.63, Od. 3.275, Od. 10.199, Od. 18.221, etc. For ἐ. contrasted in terms with ἔπος see ἔπος 3. 2 One's work, the work in hand or before one: μὴ ἀμβαλλώμεθα ἐ. Il. 2.436, ἀτελευτήτῳ ἐπὶ ἔργῳ Il. 4.175, ὄφρʼ ἐπὶ ἔργα τράπωνται Il. 23.53. Cf. Il. 2.137, Il. 7.465, Il. 18.473, Il. 19.150, 242: Od. 2.252, Od. 5.243, Od. 9.250 = 310 = 343, Od. 14.195, Od. 17.227, Od. 18.363, Od. 22.479. 3 Toilsome work, toil, labour: ἐ. ἀεικὲς ἔχοντα Il. 19.133. A task: ἔργα κʼ ἀεικέα ἐργάζοιο Il. 24.733. 4 A kind of work or activity, a sphere of action: ἐν πάντεσσʼ ἔργοισι δαήμονα Il. 23.671. Cf. Il. 4.258: ἔργα κάκʼ ἔμμαθεν Od. 17.226. Cf. Od. 8.245, Od. 14.228, Od. 15.320, Od. 18.362, Od. 20.378. 5 The process or condition of working, work, action: ἀνηνύστῳ ἐπὶ ἔργῳ (with no end to the business) Od. 16.111. Carrying into effect, action: πλεόνων ἐ. ἄμεινον Il. 12.412. Cf. Il. 9.374. 6 a Work of war, warfare, strife. α With qualifying words: ἐ. Ἄρηος Il. 11.734. Cf. Il. 16.208. So πολεμήϊα ἔργα Il. 2.338, Il. 5.428, Il. 7.236, Il. 11.719, Il. 13.727, 730: Od. 12.116. Cf. Il. 8.453. β Without such words: ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἐ. ἐτύχθη Il. 4.470. Cf. Il. 4.539, Il. 12.271, 416: Od. 22.149.– περὶ ἔργα τέτυκτο (in . . .) Il. 17.279: Od. 11.550. b One's work in war, one's prowess: παρʼ ἔμʼ ἵστασο καὶ ἴδε ἐ. Il. 17.179: Od. 22.233. Cf. Il. 6.522. In pl., deeds of prowess: ἐπιίστορα ἔργων Od. 21.26. 7 Work on the land, tillage: ἔρις ἔργοιο Od. 18.366. Cf. Od. 14.222, Od. 18.369. In pl.: ἔργων ἀνέπαυσεν Il. 17.549. 8 A piece of work in the arts, a piece of craftsmanship: χαρίεντα ἔργα τελείει Od. 6.234 = Od. 23.161. 9 A work, occupation, affair: θαλάσσια ἔργα Il. 2.614: Od. 5.67. 10 a The work, a piece of work, an occupation, proper to women: ἀμφίπολοι ἐπὶ ἔργα τράποντο Il. 3.422, ἀμφιπόλοισι κέλευε ἐ. ἐποίχεσθαι Il. 6.492. Cf. Il. 6.324, 490: = Od. 1.356 = Od. 21.350, Od. 1.358, Od. 4.683, Od. 19.514, Od. 21.352. b In pl., their various crafts or occupations: ἀμύμονα ἔργα ἰδυίας Il. 9.128. Cf. Il. 9.270, Il. 18.420, Il. 19.245, Il. 23.263, 705: ἔργʼ ἐπίστασθαι Od. 2.117 = Od. 7.111. Cf. Od. 13.289 = Od. 16.158, Od. 15.418, Od. 20.72, Od. 22.422, Od. 24.278. c In pl., skill in such crafts, craftsmanship: οὐ χερείων ἔργα (in . . .) Il. 1.115. Cf. Il. 9.390, Il. 13.432. d The materials of their work: ἀκὴν ἔμεναι παρὰ ἔργῳ (by their (your) work) Od. 21.239, 385, 11 A matter, affair, business, thing: εἰ σοὶ πᾶν ἐ. ὑπείξομαι (in everything) Il. 1.294, λοίγια ἔργα 518, τάδε ἔργα (these troubles) Il. 3.321. Cf. Il. 2.252, Il. 5.429, Il. 6.348, Il. 8.9, Il. 9.228, etc.: ἐν πᾶσι ἔργοισιν Od. 7.52, μὴ ἀμφαδὰ ἔργα γένοιτο Od. 19.391. Cf. Od. 2.280, Od. 3.56, Od. 16.373, Od. 17.78, 274, Od. 19.323. App. in vague sense thing: χερμάδιον, μέγα ἐ. Il. 5.303, Il. 20.286. A state of affairs: εἴσιδεν ἐ. ἀεικές Il. 14.13. 12 The result of work. a Something made, the work of . . . : πέπλοι ἔργα γυναικῶν Il. 6.289. Cf. Il. 7.444, Il. 19.22: Od. 4.617 = Od. 15.117, Od. 7.97, Od. 10.223, Od. 24.75. Something due to action, the work of . . . : τόδε ἐ. [ἐστὶν] Ἀθηναίης Od. 16.207. b A device or representation: τελαμών, ἵνα θέσκελα ἔργα τέτυκτο Od. 11.610. c A piece of tilled land, a farm or estate: ἀνδρῶν πίονα ἔργα Il. 12.283, ἵκετο ἔργʼ ἀνθρώπων (app. meaning the world of men) Il. 19.131. Cf. Il. 2.751, Il. 5.92, Il. 16.392: πατρώϊα ἔργα Od. 2.22, οὔτε βοῶν οὔτʼ ἀνδρῶν φαίνετο ἔργα (tilled with oxen or by the hand of man) Od. 10.98, [ᾧ] θεὸς ἐ. ἀέξῃ Od. 14.65. Cf. Od. 2.127 = Od. 18.288, Od. 4.318, Od. 6.259, Od. 7.26, Od. 10.147, Od. 14.66, 344, Od. 15.372, 505, Od. 16.140, 144, 314, Od. 24.388.

λωτόεις

λωτόεις -εντος [λωτός 1.] Contr. acc. pl. neut. λωτοῦντα. Overgrown with λωτός : πεδία λωτοῦντα Il. 12.283. (V.l. λωτεῦντα (λωτέοντα) fr. λωτέω, to teem with λωτός).

πεδίον

πεδίον -ου, τό. 1 The ground : λίθον κείμενον ἐν πεδίῳ Il. 7.265 = Il. 21.404. Cf. Il. 5.82, Il. 15.9, Il. 16.749, Il. 17.621 : Od. 3.260. 2 a A stretch or tract of low-lying and more or less level ground, a plain : πολέος πεδίοιο θέουσαι (local genit., along ..., over ...) Il. 4.244, τέμενος πεδίοιο ταμέσθαι (on the ...) Il. 9.580, πεδία λωτοῦντα Il. 12.283. Cf. Il. 6.507, Il. 11.677, 714, Il. 17.748, etc. : Od. 3.431, 485, Od. 4.602, Od. 5.329, Od. 8.122, Od. 14.267, etc. b A particular plain. With defining words : π. τὸ Ἀλήϊον Il. 6.201. Cf. Il. 9.577, Il. 21.558 : Od. 4.563. Referring especially to the Trojan plain Il. 2.473, Il. 3.133, 252, Il. 6.2, Il. 7.66, Il. 11.496, etc.– Defined by accompanying words : Σκαμάνδριον Il. 2.465, Τρωϊκόν Il. 23.464. Cf. Il. 10.11, Il. 15.739 : Od. 11.513.

πίων

πίων -ονος. Fem. πίειρα. Superl. πιότατος Il. 9.577. 1 Of beasts, fat, plump Il. 2.403, Il. 9.207, Il. 12.319, Il. 23.750 : Od. 2.56 = Od. 17.535, Od. 9.217, 237, 312, 315, 337, 464, Od. 14.419, Od. 17.180= Od. 20.250, Od. 20.186, Od. 24.66. Rich with fat : μηρία Il. 1.40, Il. 11.773, Il. 15.373. Cf. Od. 4.65, 764, Od. 19.366. Of fat, rich, thick : καλύψας πίονι δημῷ Od. 17.241. Cf. Il. 22.501 : Od. 14.428. 2 Of land or a country, rich, fertile Il. 5.710, Il. 9.577, Il. 12.283, Il. 16.437, Il. 18.541, etc. : Od. 2.328, Od. 4.318, Od. 13.322, Od. 14.329, Od. 19.173, etc. Of cities or a house, full of substance, rich : πιείρας πόλεις Il. 18.342 : oἶκον Od. 9.35. Of a temple or a part thereof, rich with offerings : νηῷ Il. 2.549, ἀδύτοιο Il. 5.512 : νηόν Od. 12.346. Of a meal, plentiful, sumptuous : δαιτὶ πιείρῃ Il. 19.180.