ἀργός2 contr. from ἀεργός (α privat. , *ἔργω）
I.not working the ground, living without labour, Hdt.; then, generally, inactive, slothful, idle, lazy, Soph., etc.: —c. gen. rei, idle at a thing, free from it, Eur., Plat.; —also, ἀργότεραι ἐς τὸ δρᾶν Thuc.
2.of land, lying fallow or untilled, Xen.; of money, unemployed, yielding no return, Dem. —Adv. ἀργῶς Xen.
