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ἐργαστέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐργαστέος ἐργαστέον

Structure: ἐργαστε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)rga/zomai의 분사형,

Sense

  1. one must work the land
  2. must be done or one must do

Examples

  • ἐάν γε μὴν καὶ τὰ ἔργα μάθῃ ὡσ ἔστιν ἐργαστέα, ἔτι τινόσ, ἔφην ἐγώ, προσδεήσεται, ἢ ἀποτετελεσμένοσ ἤδη οὗτόσ σοι ἔσται ἐπίτροποσ; (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 13 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. one must work the land

  2. must be done or one must do

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

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