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ἐργαστέος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: ergasteos

Principal Part: ἐργαστέος ἐργαστέον

Structure: ἐργαστε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ἐργάζομαι의 분사형,

Sense

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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐργαστέος ἐργάστεον
Genitive ἐργαστέου ἐργαστέου
Dative ἐργαστέῳ ἐργαστέῳ
Accusative ἐργαστέον ἐργάστεον
Vocative ἐργαστέε ἐργάστεον
DualN/A/V ἐργαστέω ἐργαστέω
G/D ἐργαστέοιν ἐργαστέοιν
PluralNominative ἐργαστέοι ἐργάστεα
Genitive ἐργαστέων ἐργαστέων
Dative ἐργαστέοις ἐργαστέοις
Accusative ἐργαστέους ἐργάστεα
Vocative ἐργαστέοι ἐργάστεα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐργαστέος ἐργαστέου ἐργαστεώτερος ἐργαστεωτέρου ἐργαστεώτατος ἐργαστεωτάτου
Adverb ἐργαστέως ἐργαστεώτερον ἐργαστεώτατα

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

  • 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

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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