A.“τῆλέ με εἴργουσι ψυχαί” Il.23.72 (s.v.l.): impf. “εἶργον” Th.1.106, (ἐξ-) Hdt.5.22 : fut. ἔρξω (ξυν-) S. Aj.593, εἴρξω or “εἵρξω” Id.Ph.1407, E.El.1255, Th.4.9 : aor. I “ἔρξα” Od. 14.411, v.l. for εἷρξα in Hdt.3.136, “εἷρξα” E.Ba.443, Philipp. ap. D.12.2, etc.: aor. 2 εἴργα^θον (v. ἐργαθεῖν):—Med. and Pass., pres., Il.17.571, Hdt.5.57, etc.: fut. “ἔρξομαι” S.OT890 (lyr.), “εἴρξομαι” X.An.6.6.16, Aeschin.3.122: aor. I “ἔρχθην” Il.21.282, Hp.Mul.1.4, “εἵρχθην” Lycurg. 112, D.59.66 : pf. “ἔργμαι” h.Merc.123, Ep. 3pl. “ἔρχαται” Od.10.283 ; “εἷργμαι” Ar.Av.1085, “εἶργμαι” X.HG5.2.31 ; Ep. part. “ἐεργμένος” Il.5.89 : plpf., Ep. 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 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 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 (Pass.), D.59.66, etc. ; of things, “θύραι δόμον ἐντὸς ἔεργον” Od.7.88 ; “σύμπαντα ἐντὸς μιᾶς ὁμοιότητος ἕρξας” having included.., Pl.Plt.285b:—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 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:— 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.):— 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.
