ἔργω

ἔργω, [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion., and [full] ἐέργω, [dialect] Ep. for [dialect] Att. [full] εἴργω (or [full] εἵργω, v. infr.), which occurs once in Hom.,

A

τῆλέ με εἴργουσι ψυχαί Il.23.72

(s.v.l.): [tense] impf.

εἶργον Th.1.106

, ([etym.] ἐξ-) Hdt.5.22 : [tense] fut. ἔρξω ([etym.] ξυν-) S. Aj.593, εἴρξω or

εἵρξω Id.Ph.1407

, E.El.1255, Th.4.9 : [tense] aor. I

ἔρξα Od. 14.411

, v.l. for εἷρξα in Hdt.3.136,

εἷρξα E.Ba.443

, Philipp. ap. D.12.2, etc.: [tense] aor. 2 εἴργᾰθον (v. ἐργαθεῖν):—[voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., [tense] pres., Il.17.571, Hdt.5.57, etc.: [tense] fut.

ἔρξομαι S.OT890

(lyr.),

εἴρξομαι X.An.6.6.16

, Aeschin.3.122: [tense] aor. I

ἔρχθην Il.21.282

, Hp.Mul.1.4,

εἵρχθην Lycurg. 112

, D.59.66 : [tense] pf.

ἔργμαι h.Merc.123

, [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3pl.

ἔρχαται Od.10.283

;

εἷργμαι Ar.Av.1085

,

εἶργμαι X.HG5.2.31

; [dialect] Ep. part.

ἐεργμένος Il.5.89

: [tense] plpf., [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3pl.

ἔρχατο 17.354

,

ἐέρχατο Od.10.241

. (εἵργω, = shut in, εἴργω, = shut out, acc. to Eust.1387.3 ; cf. the compds. ἀπείργω, καθείργω, but ἄφ-ερκτος occurs A.Ch.446 (lyr.) ; the aspirate was always used in [dialect] Att. acc. to Tz.inAn.Ox.3.352, but v. κατείργω: at Heraclea it occurs in ἀφ-, ἐφ-, and συν-ηέργω (qq.v.) : ϝέργ-, cf. Skt. vrajás 'enclosure', and perh. Lat. urgeo ; ἐ-is prothetic in [dialect] Ep. ἐ-ϝέργω):—bar one's way either by shutting in or shutting out :

I shut in, shut up,

ἐρχθέντ' ἐν ποταμῷ Il.21.282

; pen,

ἐνὶ Κίρκης ἔρχαται ὥς τε σύες Od.10.283

;

[ἄρνες] διακεκριμέναι ἕκασται ἔρχατο 9.221

;

τὰς μὲν ἄρα ἔρξαν κατὰ ἤθεα κοιμηθῆναι 14.411

;

ὅσσους Ἑλλήσποντος ἐντὸς ἐέργει

encloses,

Il.2.845

(so

ἔνδον εἵρξας Ar.Ach.330

); ἂψ ἐπὶ νῆας ἔεργε [φάλαγγας] drove them to the ships and shut them up there, Il. 16.395, cf.12.219, Th.1.106; shut up,

θανόντων ψυχάς Thgn.710

; esp. in prison, Hdt.3.136, Philipp. ap. D.12.2, Lycurg.112 ([voice] Pass.), D.59.66, etc. ; of things,

θύραι δόμον ἐντὸς ἔεργον Od.7.88

;

σύμπαντα ἐντὸς μιᾶς ὁμοιότητος ἕρξας

having included..,

Pl.Plt.285b

:—[voice] Pass.,

σάκεσσι γὰρ ἔρχατο πάντῃ

were fenced in, secured,

Il.17.354

;

γέφυραι ἐεργμέναι

well-secured, strong-built, compact,

5.89

: Medic., of discharges, to be retained, Hp.Mul.1.4,8 ; ἐὰν ἡ τοῦ βλεφάρου θρὶξ εἰρχθῇ if the eyelash is caught (in the loop), Paul.Aeg.6.13 (fort. εἰρθῇ, vel ἐρθῇ, cf. ἐρτός).

II shut out, Il.23.72, Th.4.9, etc. ;

ἀμφὶς ἐέργει Il.13.706

(v. ἀμφίς A.II);

κλῄθροις ἂν εἰργοίμεσθα E.Hel.288

.

2 c. gen., shut out or keep away from,

ὡς ὅτε μήτηρ παιδὸς ἐέργῃ μυῖαν Il.4.131

, cf. Od.12.219 ;

τῶν μὲν πάμπαν ἔεργε..θυμόν Hes.Op.335

, cf. Parm.1.33;

ἔργειν τινὰ σιτίων Hdt.3.48

:—freq. in [voice] Pass., [μυῖα]

ἐργομένη χροός Il. 17.571

; εἴργεσθαι ἱερῶν, νομίμων, ἀγορᾶς, to be excluded from participation in.., Isoc.4.157, Antipho 6.36, Lys.6.24 ; but εἰργόμενον θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ἀνάπηρον ποιῆσαι short of, excluding death and maiming, Aeschin.1.183 : with Preps., ἔ. [βέλος]

ἀπὸ χροός Il.4.130

;

τινα ἀπὸ τιμῆς Od.11.503

; [

ἀηδὼν] ἀπὸ χλωρῶν πετάλων ἐργομένα A.Supp.63

(lyr.);

ἐκ τῶν Ἑλληνίδων πόλεων X.An.6.6.16

, etc. : rarely c. dat. pers., εἴργειν..μητρὶ πολέμιον δόρυ to keep it off from her, A.Th.416:— [voice] Med., keep oneself, abstain, withdraw from, c. gen.,

πόλιος Hdt.4.164

;

τῶν ἀσέπτων ἔρξεται S.OT890

(lyr.);

γελώτων Pl.Lg.732c

, etc. ; ἔργετο [τοῦ ἄλσεος] he kept away from it, i.e. spared it, Hdt.7.197.

3 hinder, prevent from doing, abs., Thgn.686, Pl.Lg.784c : c. dupl.acc.,

ἀλλ' ἡμᾶς τοῦτό γε μηδὲν..εἴρξῃ Id.Sph.242a

, cf. Ar.V.334 (lyr.):— [voice] Pass., οὐδὲν εἴργεται nothing is barred, i.e. all things are permitted, S.Tr.344;

εἴργου

stop! cease!

Id.OC836

.

b c. inf., mostly with μή or μὴ οὐ added,

οὐ νὺξ ἔργει μὴ οὐ κατανύσαι Hdt.8.98

;

εἴργει τόνδε μὴ θνῄσκειν νόμος E.Heracl.963

, cf. A.Ag.1027 (lyr.) : c. inf. only, κακὸν δὲ ποῖον εἶργε τοῦτ' ἐξειδέναι; S.OT129 ;

εἴρξω πελάζειν Id.Ph.1407

(troch.);

οὐδὲν εἴργει..τελειοῦσθαι τάδε Id.Tr.1257

: with the Art.,

εἰργαθεῖν τὸ μὴ οὐχ ἑλεῖν E.Ph.1175

; also εἴργ. ὥστε.. or ὥστε μή.., c. inf., X.HG7.2.13, An.3.3.

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ἔργω,

A do work, v. ἔρδω.