A.weorc (neut.) 'work', Avest. var[schwa]za-):— work, Il.2.436, etc.; “ἔ. οὐδὲν ὄνειδος, ἀεργίη δέ τ᾽ ὄνειδος” Hes.Op.311 ; “πλεόνων δέ τε ἔ. ἄμεινον” Il.12.412 ; “ἔ. ἐποίχεσθαι” 6.492 ; “νῦν ἔπλετο ἔ. ἅπασι” 12.271 ; esp. in pl., “ἄλλος ἄλλοισιν..ἐπιτέρπεται ἔργοις” Od. 14.228 ; “ἐπὶ ἔργα τράποντο” Il.3.422 ; “ἔργων παύσασθαι” Od.4.683 ; τὰ σ᾽ αὐτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε see to thine own tasks, Il.6.490 : esp. in the following relations,
1. in Il. mostly of works or deeds of war, “πολεμήϊα ἔ.” Il.2.338, al., Od.12.116 ; “ἔργον μάχης” Il.6.522 ; alone, “ἀτελευτήτῳ ἐπὶ ἔργῳ” 4.175, cf. 539 ; “ὑπέσχετο δὲ μέγα ἔργον” 13.366 ; “ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ δ᾽ ἔργον ἐτύχθη ἀργαλέον” 4.470 ; later, “ἔργον.. Ἄρης κρινεῖ” A.Th.414 ; ἐν τῷ ἔ. during the action, Th.2.89, cf.7.71 ; “τὸ ἐν Πλαταιαῖς ἔ.” Pl.Mx. 241c ; “τῶν πρότερον ἔ. μέγιστον ἐπράχθη τὸ Μηδικόν” Th.1.23 ; ἔργου ἔχεσθαι to engage in battle, ib.49.
2. of peaceful contests, “κρατεῖν ἔ.” Pi.O.9.85 ; “ἔργου ἔχεσθαι” Id.P.4.233 ; also ἔργα θῆκε κάλλιστ᾽ ἀμφὶ κόμαις placed [the reward of] noble deeds about his hair, Id.O.13.38.
3. of works of industry,
a. of tillage, tilled lands, “ἀνδρῶν πίονα ἔ.” Il.12.283, etc. ; “ἔργ᾽ ἀνθρώπων” 16.392, Od.6.259 ; “βροτῶν” 10.147 ; οὔτε βοῶν οὔτ᾽ ἀνδρῶν φαίνετο ἔργα ib.98 ; ἔργα alone, 16.140, etc.; Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι—the title of Hesiod's work ; πατρώϊα ἔ. their father's lands, Od.2.22 ; οὔτ᾽ ἐπὶ ἔργα..ἴμεν will neither go to our farms, ib. 127, cf. 252 ; Ἰθάκης..ἔργα the tilled lands of Ithaca, 14.344 ; ἀμφὶ.. Τιταρησσὸν ἔργ᾽ ἐνέμοντο inhabited lands, Il.2.751 ; “τὰ τῶν Μυσῶν ἔ.” Hdt.1.36 ; so later, PBaden 40.5 (ii A.D.) : generally, property, wealth, possessions, “θεὸς δ᾽ ἐπὶ ἔργον ἀέξῃ” Od.14.65, cf. 15.372.
b. of women's work, weaving, Il.9.390, etc. ; ἀμύμονα ἔ. ἰδυίας ib.128 ; “ἔργα ἐργάζεσθαι” Od.22.422, 20.72.
c. of other occupations, θαλάσσια ἔ. fishing, 5.67 ; a seaman's life, Il.2.614 : periphr., δαιτὸς..ἔργα works of feasting, 9.228 ; “φιλοτήσια ἔ.” Od.11.246 ; “ἔργα γάμοιο” Il.5.429 ; “ἔργα Κυπρογενοῦς” Sol.26 ; “Ἀφροδίτης” h.Ven.1 ; also “τέκνων ἐς ἔ.” A.Ag.1207 : abs., “ἔργον” Luc.DDeor.17.1, AP12.209 (pl., Strat., s.v.l.); also “ἔργα ἰσχύος καὶ τάχους” X.Cyr.1.2.12 ; φίλα ἔργα μελίσσαις, of flowers, Theoc.22.42 ; of mines, etc., “ἔ. ἀργυρεῖα” X.Vect.4.5, D.21.167, etc.; ἔργα πίσσια dub. l. in Plu.Cat.Ma.21.
4. deed, action, “ἔργ᾽ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε” Od.1.338 ; “θέσκελα ἔ. Τρώων” Il.3.130 ; “ἀήσυλα ἔ.” 5.876; καρτερά, ἀεικέα ἔ., ib.872,22.395; παλίντιτα, ἄντιτα ἔ., Od.1.379, 17.51 ; “ἔργα ἀποδέκνυσθαι” Hdt.1.16, cf. Pl.Alc.1.119e, D.C.37.52 ; opp. ἔπος, deed, not word (v. “ἔπος” 11.1) ; opp. μῦθος, Il. 9.443, 19.242, A.Pr.1080 (anap.), etc.; opp. λόγος, S.El.358, E.Alc. 339 ; ἔργῳ, opp. λόγῳ, freq. in Att., etc., Th.2.65, etc. : so in pl., “λόγῳ μὲν..τοῖσι δ᾽ ἔργοισιν” S.OC782, cf. E.Fr.360.13 ; “λόγοισιν εἴτ᾽ ἔργοισιν” S.OT517 ; opp. ῥήματα, Id.OC873 ; opp. ὄνομα, E.IA128 (anap.), Th.8.78,89 ; in many phrases, “πέπρακται τοὔργον” A.Pr.75, cf. Ag.1346 ; “χωρῶ πρὸς ἔργον” S.Aj.116 ; τὸ μὲν ἐνθύμημα χαρίεν.., τὸ δὲ ἔ. ἀδύνατον its execution, X.An.3.5.12 ; ἐν ἔργῳ χέρνιβες ξίφος τε ready for action, E.IT1190 ; “ἡ κατάρα ὑπὸ τοῦ δαίμονος εἰς ἔ. ἤγετο” Jul.Or.7.228b.
II. thing, matter, πᾶν ἔ...ὑπείξομαι in every point, Il.1.294 ; “ἃ Ζεὺς μήδετο ἔ.” 2.38, etc.; “πάρος τάδε ἔ. γενέσθαι” 6.348, etc.; “ὅπως ἔσται τάδε ἔ.” 2.252, Od.17.78, etc. ; “μέμνημαι τόδε ἔ.” Il.9.527 ; “ἄκουε τοὔργον” S.Tr.1157, cf. OT847, Aj.466 ; in bad sense, mischief, trouble, of disease, “αἰτίη τοῦ ἔ.” Aret.SA1.9 ; μέγα ἔ. a serious matter, Od.4.663, Th.3.3.
2. μέγα ἔ., like μέγα χρῆμα, χερμάδιον λάβε χειρὶ Τυδεΐδης, μέγα ἔ. a monstrous thing, Il.5.303, cf. 20.286 ; φυλόπιδος μέγα ἔ. a mighty call to arms, 16.208.
III. Pass., that which is wrought or made, work, οἷ᾽ ἐπιεικὲς ἔργ᾽ ἔμεν ἀθανάτων, of the arms of Achilles, Il.19.22 ; ἔ. Ἡφαίστοιο metal-work, Od.4.617 ; “πέπλοι.., ἔργα γυναικῶν” Il.6.289, Od.7.97, cf. 10.223 ; “ὕφασμα, σῆς ἔ. χερός” A.Ch.231 ; “κολεόν..λώτινον ἔ.” Theoc.24.45 ; of a wall, Ar.Av.1125 ; of a statue, X.Mem.3.10.7 : in pl., of siege-works, “ἔ. καὶ μηχαναί” Plb.5.3.6 ; of a machine, Apollod.Poliorc.157.4, al., Ath.Mech.15.2, al.; of public buildings, Mon.Anc.Gr.18.20; of an author's works, D.H.Comp.25 ; “τὸ περὶ ψυχῆς ἔργον Ἀριστοτέλους” AP11.354.8 (Agath.).
2. result of work, profit or interest, ἔργον [χρημάτων] interest or profit on money, Is.11.42, cf. D.27.10.
IV. special phrases :
a. c. gen. pers., it is his business, his proper work, “ἀνδρῶν τόδ᾽ ἐστὶν ἔ.” A.Ch.673 ; “ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἔ. ἀγαθοῦ πολίτου” Pl.Grg.517c ; of things, φραδέος νόου ἔργα τέτυκται it is a matter (which calls) for a wary mind, Il.24.354 ; function, “ἅπερ νεῶν ἄμεινον πλεουσῶν ἔργα ἐστίν” Th.2.89; “οὐ θερμότητος ἔργον ψύχειν” Pl.R.335d ; τοῦτο ἑκάστου ἔ. ὃ ἂν ἢ μόνον τι ἢ κάλλιστα τῶν ἄλλων ἀπεργάζηται ib.353a ; “ἔργα τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου” functions, Gal.16.518 : c. dat. pers., “οἷς τοῦτο ἔ. ἦν” X.Cyr.4.5.36, cf. 6.3.27: with the possessive Pron., σὸν ἔ. [ἐστί] c. inf., A.Pr.635 ; “ἐμὸν τόδ᾽ ἔ. κρῖναι” Id.Eu. 734 ; “σὸν ἔ., θῦε θεοῖς” Ar.Av.862 ; “ὑμέτερον ἐντεῦθεν ἔ.” Id.Pax426 : with Art., “νῦν ἡμέτερον τὸ ἔ.” Hdt.5.1.
b. c. gen. rei, there is need of.., “τί δῆτα τόξων ἔ.;” E.Alc.39 ; “πολλῆς φυλακῆς ἔ. [ἐστί]” Pl.R. 537d : esp. with neg., “οὐδὲν..ὀδόντων ἔ. ἐστ᾽” Ar.Pax1310 ; “οὐ δόλου νῦν ἔ.” Id.Pl.1158, cf. E.Hipp.911 : c. dat. pers., “ἐπέδρης μὴ εἶναι ἔ. τῇ στρατιῇ” Hdt.1.17 : with Art., “οὐκ ἂν μακρῶν λόγων ἡμῖν τόδ᾽ εἴη τοὔργον” S.El.1373 : with a part. added, “οὐδὲν ἦν ἔ. αὐτοῦ κατατείνοντος” Plu.Publ.13 : also c. inf., οὐδὲν ἔ. ἑστάναι there is no use in standing still, Ar.Lys.424, cf. Av.1308 ; “οὐδὲν ἔ. ταῦτα θρηνεῖσθαι” S. Aj.852, cf. 12.
c. c. inf., it is hard work, difficult to do, “πολὺ ἔ. ἂν εἴη διεξελθεῖν” X.Mem.4.6.1 ; “πολὺ ἔ. ἦν τῷ νομοθέτῃ πάντα γράφειν” Lys.10.7 ; “ἔ. ἐστὶν εἰ ἐροῦμεν” D.24.51 ; “ἔ. εὑρεῖν πρόφασιν” Men.76 ; also “μέγα ἔ. ταῖς..ἐπιθυμίαις καλῶς χρῆσθαι” Pl.Smp.187e ; “χαλεπὸν ἔ. διαιρεῖν” Ar.Ra.1100 (lyr.): also in gen., “πλείονος ἔ. ἐστὶ..μαθεῖν” Pl. Euthphr.14b: rarely with a part., “οὐδὲν ἔ. μαχομένῳ” Philippid.15.3 ; ἔ. [ἐστί] c. acc. et inf., it can scarcely happen that.., “ἔ. ἅμα πάντας ὀργισθῆναι καὶ ἁμαρτεῖν” Arist.Pol.1286a35.
2. ἔργον παρασχεῖν τινί give one trouble, Ar.Nu.523, cf. AP9.161 (Marc. Arg., punning on Hesiod's Ἔργα) ; ἔργον ἔχειν take trouble, c. part., X.Cyr.8.4.6 ; c. inf., Id.Mem.2.10.6.
3. ἔ. γίγνεσθαι τῆς νόσου to be its victim, Anon. ap. Suid. s.v. ἄτολμοι ; “κτεινόμενος ὑμέτερον ἔ. εἰμί” Plu.Eum. 17 ; “τῆς ὑμετέρας γέγονεν ἔ. ὀλιγωρίας” Luc.Dem.Enc.29.
4. ἔ. ποιεῖσθαί τι to make a matter one's business, attend to it, Pl.Phdr. 232a, X.Hier.9.10 ; so “ἐν ἔργῳ τίθεσθαι” Ael.VH4.15.
