# ἔργον
## Ancient Greek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ér.ɡon/ → /ˈer.ɣon/ → /ˈer.ɣon/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ér.ɡon/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈer.ɡon/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈer.ɣon/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈer.ɣon/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈer.ɣon/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *wérgon, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom. Cognates include Old English weorc (English work), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬆𐬨 (var$^ə$zəm) (Persian وَرز (varz)), and Old Armenian գործ (gorc).

#### Alternative forms

* ϝέργον (wérgon) — Doric
* ϝάργον (wárgon) — Elean

#### Noun

ἔργον • (érgon) n (genitive ἔργου); second declension
* work, labour, task
** work or deed of war; battle
** peaceful contest
** work of industry
*** (agriculture) tillage; tilled land
*** (weaving) woman's work; weaving
** deed, doing, action
* thing or matter
* (passive voice) that which is wrought or made; work
** result of work, profit or interest
* guild or company of workmen
    Synonym: ἐργᾰσῐ́ᾱ (ergăsĭ́ā)
* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

##### Derived terms

* ᾱ̓ργός (ārgós)
* Γεώργῐος (Geṓrgĭos)
* γεωργός (geōrgós)
* ἑκᾰ́εργος (hekắergos)
* ἐνέργειᾰ (enérgeiă)
* ἐνεργέω (energéō)
* ἐνεργής (energḗs)
* ἐργᾰ́ζομαι (ergắzomai)
* ἐργᾰλεῖον (ergăleîon)
* ἐργᾰστήρῐον (ergăstḗrĭon)
* ἐργᾰ́της (ergắtēs)
* ἐργώδης (ergṓdēs)
* κᾰκοῦργος (kăkoûrgos)
* Λῠκοῦργος (Lŭkoûrgos)

##### Related terms

* ἔρδω (érdō)
* ῥέζω (rhézō)
* -ουργός (-ourgós)

##### Descendants

* Greek: έργο (érgo)
* → English: ergo-, ergon, erg
* ⇒ French: ergol
* ⇒ Italian: ergol

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ἔργον • (érgon)
* first-person singular/third-person plural imperfect active indicative of ἔργω (érgō)

#### Participle

ἔργον • (érgon)
* nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of ἔργων (érgōn)

### References

* “ἔργον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ἔργον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “ἔργον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* ἔργον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* ἔργον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “ἔργον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G2041 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. act idem, page 9.action idem, page 9.business idem, page 106.charge idem, page 125.commission idem, page 148.concern idem, page 155.deed idem, page 202.duty idem, page 257.effect idem, page 262.errand idem, page 281.fact idem, page 300.function idem, page 349.handiwork idem, page 383.issue idem, page 461.job idem, page 463.mission idem, page 535.office idem, page 571.onus idem, page 574.operation idem, page 576.performance idem, page 607.place idem, page 616.proceeding idem, page 644.product idem, page 645.province idem, page 654.responsibility idem, page 704.result idem, page 706.sequel idem, page 754.service idem, page 755.task idem, page 856.toil idem, page 880.transaction idem, page 888.work idem, page 988.
* Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN