ἀεργ-ός, όν,
not working, idle, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.320, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.27, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 303, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 28.15, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐνεργός, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “de Arte” II] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, not working out, not doing, ἔργων αἰσχρῶν ἀπαθὴς καὶ ἀ.[[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1177] Refs 6th c.BC+]:—of things, inert, [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.9] Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -γῶς[[ “PFlor.” 295.5 (6th c.AD). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__II active, debilitating, μάλκαι[[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 381 codices ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]— Attic dialect ἀργός, which see