ἐργᾰσ-ιμος, ον,
to be worked, that can be worked, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus cited in Scholia Gen. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.319, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.701c; ξύλα, opposed to καύσιμα, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.109; σκεῦος ἐ. δέρματος Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum LXX.Lev.13.49 ] LXX+8th c.BC+]; mostly of land, ἐ. χωρία tillable land, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 639a, 958d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pr.” 924a1 (_sing._ in “PHal.” 1.103 (3rd c.BC)); τὰ ἐ. Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.16 ] Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.; τὰ τεμένη, ὅσα.. θεμιτόν ἐστιν ἐ. ποιεῖν to bring into cultivation, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 2.1059.17(4th c.BC); ἡ ἐ. (i.e. γῆ) 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 6.3.5. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 ἐ. ἡμέρα a work-day, [[ LXX.1Ki.20.19. ] LXX]
__3 ἐ., τό, cost of manufacture, [[ ἄρτων “UPZ” 149.25, compare 20 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II active, working for a livelihood, τὸ ἐ. the working people, [[ 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “BC” 3.72; especially of courtesans, 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.78. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 active, [[ θρασύτης {5-6th c.AD}: Orphica “Hymni” 60.7 ] Refs 5th c.AD+].