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ἀργός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀργός ἀργόν

Structure: ἀργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: contr. from a)ergo/s (부정 접두사 a, E)/rgw)

Sense

not working the ground, living without labour, inactive, slothful, idle, lazy, idle at, free from
lying fallow or untilled, unemployed, yielding no return
not done, left undone, among things neglected

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἀργός	ά̓ργον
	Genitive	ἀργοῦ	ά̓ργου
	Dative	ἀργῷ	ά̓ργῳ
	Accusative	ἀργόν	ά̓ργον
	Vocative	ἀργέ	ά̓ργον
Dual	N/A/V	ἀργώ	ά̓ργω
Dual	G/D	ἀργοῖν	ά̓ργοιν
Plural	Nominative	ἀργοί	ά̓ργα
	Genitive	ἀργῶν	ά̓ργων
	Dative	ἀργοῖς	ά̓ργοις
	Accusative	ἀργούς	ά̓ργα
	Vocative	ἀργοί	ά̓ργα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ἀργός ἀργοῦ	ἀργότερος ἀργοτεροῦ	ἀργότατος ἀργοτατοῦ
Adverb	ά̓ργως	ἀργότερον	ἀργότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

ὅτι καὶ πάντα εἴδωλα τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐλογίσαντο θεούσ, οἷσ οὔτε ὀμμάτων χρῆσισ εἰσ ὅρασιν οὔτε ρῖνεσ εἰσ συνολκὴν ἀέροσ οὔτε ὦτα ἀκούειν οὔτε δάκτυλοι χειρῶν εἰσ ψηλάφησιν, καὶ οἱ πόδεσ αὐτῶν ἀργοὶ πρὸσ ἐπίβασιν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 15:15)
ἄλλωσ τε οὐδὲ σχοῖεν ἄν τι ἄλλο πρὸσ ὅ τι χρὴ ἀποκλίναντασ αὐτοὺσ παρέχειν αὑτοὺσ ἐνεργούσ,^ ἀλλ’ ἤν τισ αὐτῶν ἀφέλῃ τοῦτο, ἄτεχνοι αὐτίκα καὶ ἀργοὶ καὶ περιττοὶ εἰσιν. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 4:5)
ἢ ἀργοὶ εὐωχήσονται τηλικοῦτοι ὄντεσ; (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 9:1)
οἱ δὲ σώφρονεσ ἄνανδροι, καὶ οἱ συνετοὶ πρὸσ ἅπαντα ἐν ἅπασιν ἀργοί. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 29 3:6)
ἀργοὶ δὲ καὶ θερίζοντεσ λόγοι καὶ ὁ παρὰ τὴν εἱμαρμένην ὀνομαζόμενοσ σοφίσμαθ’ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν λόγον τυγχάνει ὄντα. (Plutarch, De fato, section 11 2:1)

Synonyms

not done
- ἄπρακτος (not done, left undone)

Derived

ἀργός (shining, bright, glistening)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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ἀργός

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not done

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Sense

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not done

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