ἐργάτ-ῐς
(paroxytone), ιδος, feminine of{ἐργάτης}, workwoman; of the worker bees, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “HA” 627a12, “Lyric poetry Alex.Adesp.” 7.12; μάθε ὡς ἐ. ἐστὶν [ἡ μέλισσα] Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum “Proverbs” 6.8a; ἐ. βοῦς “AP” 9.741 ] Refs 4th c.BC+].
__2 adjective laborious, industrious, [[ γυναῖκες οὕτω ἐ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.13; γλῶσσαν μὲν ἀργὸν χεῖρα δ᾽ εἶχεν ἐργάτιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 97; βιοτά “APl.” 1.15.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__3 working for hire, [[ Μοῖσ᾽ οὔ πω ἐ. ἦν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a courtesan, [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 184. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__II with genitive, working at or producing, [[ μνήμην ἁπάντων μουσομήτορ᾽ ἐργάτιν Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 461 (ἐργάνην 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes); νέκταρος ἐ., of bees, “AP” 9.404.8 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus); νήματος ἠλακάτα [prev. work] 6.174 (Antip. [Sid.]); σελίδων, of poetesses, [prev. work] 9.26.8 (Antip. Thess.); Κύπριδος, of courtesans, [prev. work] 5.244.8 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus); rare in Prose, πόλις ἐ. τῶν ἀγαθῶν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.76 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].