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. and Sup. ἀργότερον, -ότατα, X.Oec.15.6 and 1.
II. 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.
