ἀργέω,
future -ήσω: aorist ἤργησα[[ “BGU” 698.4 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect ἤργηκα[[ “POxy.” 1160.14 (3rd-4th c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]: (ἀργός, ἀεργός):—to be unemployed, do nothing, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mochl.” 23, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 625, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 426a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; keep Sabbath, [[ LXX.2Mac.5.25; ἀ. τὴν ἑβδόμην 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 7.3.3] LXX+1st c.AD+]; οἱ ἀργοῦντες the idle, [[ Trag.Adesp. 527] Refs]; γῆ ἀργοῦσα lying fallow, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.11, “PFlor.” 262.9 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀργῆσαν ἤμυσε στέγος[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 864; φησὶν ἀργῆσαι τὸ ἐργαστήριον ] Refs 5th c.BC+]is out of work, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the senses, to be at rest, νυκτὸς τῆς ὄψεως ἀργούσης[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 903a21, compare “Somn.Vig.” 455a30] Refs 4th c.BC+]: with genitive _of things_, ἀργήσει.. τῆς αὑτοῦ δημιουργίας will be unoccupied in his own work, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II passive, to be left undone, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.3] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be fruitless, ἡ σκέψις ἂν ἀργοῖτο[[ [prev. author] “Hier.” 9.9.] Refs]