Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐτωσιοεργός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐτωσιοεργός ἐτωσιοεργόν

Structure: ἐτωσιοεργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/rgw

Sense

  1. working fruitlessly

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἐτωσιοεργὸσ ἀνὴρ πίμπλησι καλιὴν οὐδ’ ἀναβαλλόμενοσ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 48:3)

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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