A.to be worked, that can be worked, Alc. ap. Sch.Gen.Il.21.319, Plu.2.701c ; ξύλα, opp. καύσιμα, Poll.7.109 ; “σκεῦος ἐ. δέρματος” LXXLe.13.49 ; mostly of land, ἐ. χωρία tillable land, Pl.Lg.639a,958d, Arist.Pr.924a1 (sg. in PHal.1.103 (iii B.C.)); “τὰ ἐ.” X.Cyr.1.4.16, etc. ; τὰ τεμένη, ὅσα.. θεμιτόν ἐστιν ἐ. ποιεῖν to bring into cultivation, IG2.1059.17(iv B.C.) ; ἡ ἐ. (sc. γῆ) Thphr.HP 6.3.5.
2. ἐ. ἡμέρα a work-day, LXX 1 Ki.20.19.
II. Act., working for a livelihood, τὸ ἐ. the working people, App.BC3.72 ; esp. of courtesans, Artem.1.78.
2. active, “θρασύτης” Orph.H.60.7.