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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

  • νῦν δ’, ὅτ’ ἦν ἐργαστέον, ἔχρισα μὲν κατ’ οἶκον ἐν δόμοισ κρυφῇ μαλλῷ, σπάσασα κτησίου βοτοῦ λάχνην, κἄθηκα συμπτύξασ’ ἀλαμπὲσ ἡλίου κοίλῳ ζυγάστρῳ δῶρον, ὥσπερ εἴδετε. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 1:8)
  • κεἰ μὴ πέποιθα, τοὔργον ἔστ’ ἐργαστέον. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 13:2)
  • δεήσει μέντοι σε, ἔφην ἐγώ, ἔνδον τε μένειν καὶ οἷσ μὲν ἂν ἔξω τὸ ἔργον ᾖ τῶν οἰκετῶν, τούτουσ συνεκπέμπειν, οἷσ δ’ ἂν ἔνδον ἔργον ἐργαστέον, τούτων σοι ἐπιστατητέον, καὶ τά τε εἰσφερόμενα ἀποδεκτέον καὶ ἃ μὲν ἂν αὐτῶν δέῃ δαπανᾶν σοὶ διανεμητέον, ἃ δ’ ἂν περιττεύειν δέῃ, προνοητέον καὶ φυλακτέον ὅπωσ μὴ ἡ εἰσ τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν κειμένη δαπάνη εἰσ τὸν μῆνα δαπανᾶται. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 7 36:2)
  • ἢ γὰρ ἐργαστέον ἢ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰργασμένων θρεπτέον· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 8 11:3)

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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