A.= ἀεργία, want of employment, “πεσσοὺς κύβους τε, τερπνὸν ἀργίας ἄκος” S.Fr.479.4; “νεύρων καὶ ἄρθρων” Hp.Mochl.23; “τοῦ καλοῦ” Hierocl.in CA19p.461M.; “ψυχῆς ἀργίη” Democr.212; idleness, laziness, E.HF592; νόμος περὶ τῆς ἀργίας against those who would not work, D.57.32; “γραφὴ ἀργίας” AB310, cf. Plu.Sol.17,31: in pl., Isoc. 7.44.
b. quietism, E.Med.296.
3. in pl., holidays, Arr.Epict.4.8.33, = feriae or justitium, App.BC1.56, PPetr.3: sg., of the Sabbath, LXXIs.1.14.
4. lapse of cultivation, Thphr.CP4.5.6.