ἐργάζομαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ϝεργάδδομαι (wergáddomai) — Laconian, Cretan

Etymology

From ἔργον (érgon, “work”) +‎ -άζω (-ázō).

Pronunciation

Verb

ἐργάζομαι • (ergázomai)

1. to work, labour
   • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, First Tetralogy 2.12
   • 391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 148
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 616b35
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Phaenippus 31
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.124
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 151
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 299
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 18.469
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 14.272
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 563
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 5.12.7
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 6.18.11
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.72
2. to work at, make
   • 175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, Various History 3.1
   • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 880
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 627a6
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 20.72
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 22.422
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Isthmian Ode 2.46
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 5.1
   • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 431c
   • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 91d
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 11.2
   • 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, The Life of Hippocrates 11
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.76
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.6.6
3. to do, perform
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1121b33
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 382
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.733
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.321
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 24.210
   • 53 CE – 55 CE, Paul the Apostle, First Epistle to the Corinthians 16:10
   • 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 522d
   • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 213d
   • 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 267
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 347
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 7.20
4. (with double accusative) to do something to someone; esp. do someone ill
   • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 787
   • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1350
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.26
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.79
   • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Crito 53a
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 244b
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1206
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1374
   • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 786
   • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 928
   • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1172
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.137
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.52
5. to work a material
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Pantaenetus 28
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 3.46
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.17
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 440
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.435
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.6.11
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 3.3.7
6. to earn by working
   • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Mysteries 144
   • 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 840
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.24
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 43
   • 390 BCE, Plato, Hippias Major 282d
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.8.2
7. to work at, practice
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Against the Sophists 6
   • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 10:35
   • 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 7:23
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 60e
   • Module:Quotations:444: attempt to compare number with nil
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 1.7
8. to cause
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 8.87
   • 390 BCE – 322 BCE, Hyperides, In Defence of Euxenippus 35

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Greek: εργάζομαι (ergázomai, “to work”)

References

• “ἐργάζομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐργάζομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐργάζομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐργάζομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐργάζομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐργάζομαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2038 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible