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κατεργ-άζομαι,
future -άσομαι, later 3rd.pers. singular -ᾶται [[ “PTeb.” 10.2 (2nd c.BC): ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]aorist κατειργασάμην, and (in passive sense) κατειργάσθην (see. below): perfect κατείργασμαι both in active and passive sense (see. below):— effect by labour, achieve, πρήγματα μεγάλα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.24; πᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1022; μόρον.. ἐπαλλήλοιν χεροῖν [prev. author] “Ant.” 57; ταῦθ᾽ ἁπινοεῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 247; τὰ δυνατά 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.65; τὰ πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.31 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; μεγάλα μὲν ἐπινοεῖτε, ταχὺ δὲ κατεργάζεσθε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 2.2; κ. εἰρήνην τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἢν κατεργάσῃ if you do the job, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 933 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect κατείργασμαι, μέγιστα ἔργα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in passive sense, to have been effected or achieved, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123, 141, 4.66, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1081, etc.; κατειργασμένη ὠφέλεια 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.4; ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ κατειργασμένοις 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist -ειργάσθην [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 5. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__b earn, gain by labour, acquire, τὴν ἡγεμονίην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.65; πόλει σωτηρίαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 1046; μεγάλα τῇ πόλει 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.229; τοῦτο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.66; ὁ κατειργασμένος τὴν τυραννίδα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 473d: in _passive_ sense, ἀρετὴ ἀπὸ σοφίης κατεργασμένη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.102. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__c absolutely, achieve one's object, be successful, αὐτὸς ἑωυτῷ [[ [prev. author] 5.78 ] Refs]; simply, work, ἐν τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις [[ “PTeb.unpublished” 703.148. ] Refs]
__2 with accusative person, make an end of, finish, kill, ἑωυτόν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 888, etc.; λέοντα βίᾳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1094. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b overpower, subdue, conquer, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 842, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.59, etc.; τὴν Ἑλλάδα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποσὶ καὶ στόματι κ. [τινά] attack him, of a horse, [[ [prev. author] 5.111:] Refs] in passive sense, of land, μακέλλῃ τῇ κατείργασται πέδον is subdued, brought under cultivation, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 526; κατεργαζομένη ἡ γῆ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.1.3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; later transitive, cultivate, [[ PTeb. 10.2 (2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2.c prevail upon, κατεργάσατο καὶ ἀνέπεισε Ξέρξην, ὥστε.. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.6, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.16, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 13.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 21; κ. τινὰ πειθοῖ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.4.2:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, οὐκ ἐδύνατο κατεργασθῆναι [ἡ γυνή] could not be prevailed upon, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.108. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.d with double accusative, do something to one, καλόν τι τὴν πόλιν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.17 (but κ. τὴν πόλιν] Refs 5th c.BC+] carry on business in the city, [[ “SIG” 899 (Mesambria, 3rd c.AD)). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II till, cultivate land, [[ “PSI” 6.632.9 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.; work up for use, frequently of food, by chewing or digestion, ὀδόντας ἔχει οἷς κ. τὴν τροφήν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 501b30, compare “Juv.” 469a31, “Spir.” 482b16, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.649 (_passive_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ -αζόμενον ἔχειν εὔρωστον a strong digestion, [[ [prev. author] 17(2).430] Refs]; κ. τὰ ἐδέσματα [[ Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 714 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; by grinding (of corn), [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 3.30, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.13 (_passive_)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; by ripening (of fruits), κατειργασμένα ἐπὶ τοῦ δένδρου [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.367 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κ. μέλι make.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.194 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὴν κόπρον prepare it, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 552a24; σίδηρον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.10; ξύλα-ειργασμένα 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.17.2; στίππυον τὸ κατειργαζμένον “PCair.Zen.” 472.9 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λίθους [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.98. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 turn bullion into coin, [[ 3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 21.6 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III work at, practise, ἄλλην μελέτην κ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 88c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV κ. ὄρη level them, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 11.3.4 (from LXX.1Esd.4.4). ] LXX+1st c.AD+]
