ἀργός

ἀργός (A), ή, όν,

A shining, glistening, of a goose, Od.15.161; of a sleek, well-fed ox, Il.23.30; in Hom. mostly in the phrase πόδας ἀργοί, of hounds, swift-footed, because all swift motion causes a kind of glancing or flickering light, 18.578, Od.2.11, etc.;

κύνες ἀργοί Il. 1.50

, 18.283, cf. D.S.4.41, Corn.ND16.

2 white, Arist.Top.149a7.

II parox. as pr. n., Ἄργος, ὁ, name of a dog, Swift-foot, Od. 17.292: also of the herdsman Argus (i.e. bright-eyed, A.Pr.567 (lyr.), Supp.305) who was so called from his eyes being ever open and bright. (By dissimilation from Αργρός, cf. Skt. ṛjrá-, = (1) shining, (2) swift, Vedic pr. n. [Rnull ]ji-śvan-, lit. = possessing κύνες ἀργοί.)

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ἀργός (B), όν, later ή, όν Arist.EN1167a11, Mete.352a13, Thphr. Lap.27, Ath.Mech.12.11, etc.: ([var] contr. from ἀεργός):—prop.

A not working the ground, Hdt.5.6; idle, lazy, opp. ἐργάτις, S.Ph.97, cf. Ar. Nu.53, etc.;

γαστέρες ἀ. Epimenid.1

;

ἀ. ἐπιθυμίαι Pl.R.572e

; ἀ. τὴν διάνοιαν ib.458a;

τὸ πρὸς ἅπαν ξυνετὸν ἐπὶ πᾶν ἀ. Th.3.82

; ἂν ἀ. ᾖ if he have no trade, Antiph.123.3;

πότερον ἀνθρώπου οὐδέν ἐστιν [ἔργον] ἀλλ' ἀργὸν πέφυκεν; Arist.EN1097b30

: c. gen. rei, idle at a thing, free from it, τῶν οἴκοθεν from domestic toils, E.IA1000;

πόνων σφοδρῶν Pl.Lg.835d

; γυναῖκας ἀργοὺς ταλασίας ib.806a; ἀ. αἰσχρῶν slow to evil, A.Th.411;

ἀργότεραι ἐς τὸ δρᾶν τι Th.7.67

;

ἀ. περί τι Pl.Lg. 966d

.

2 of things,

δόρυ E.Ph.1387

; of money, lying idle, yielding no return, opp. ἐνεργός, D.27.7 and 20; of land, lying fallow, Isoc.4.132, X.Cyr.3.2.19, Thphr.HP9.12.2; opp. πεφυτευμένος, IG7.2226B (Thisbe, iii A.D.);

διατριβὴ ἀ.

in which nothing is done, fruitless,

Ar. Ra.1498

(lyr.), Isoc.4.44;

χρόνον ἀργὸν διάγειν Plu.Cor.31

. Adv.

ἀργῶς, ἐπιμέλεσθαι X.Mem.2.4.7

;

ἔχειν D.6.3

: [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup. ἀργότερον, -ότατα, X.Oec.15.6 and 1.

b ἀ. λόγος, name of a sophism, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.277, cf.Plu.2.574e.

II [voice] Pass.,unwrought, ἁρμός, κυμάτιον, IG1.322b23,59;

πυροὶ ἀ.

unprepared for eating,

Hp.VM13

;

ἄργυρος Paus.3.12.3

; βύρσαι undressed hides, Ath.Mech. l.c.; unpolished, Thphr.Lap.27.

2 not done, left undone,

κοὐκ ἦν ἔτ' οὐδὲν ἀ. S.OC1605

;

ἓν δ' ἐστὶν ἡμῖν ἀ. E.Ph.766

; οὐκ ἐν ἀργοῖς not among things neglected, S.OT287;

τὰ μὲν προβέβηκεν ἀμήχανόν ἐστι γενέσθαι ἀργά Thgn.584

.

3 unattempted,

μάχη Pl.Euthd.272a

.

4 Astrol., τόπος ἀ., name of the 8th of the 12 'houses', Ptol.Tetr.128, Paul.Al.M.4;

πλανήτης Plot.2.3.3

;

ζῴδιον S.E.M.5.15

.