ἔργον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ϝέργον (Doric)
• ϝάργον (Elean)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom. Cognates include Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬆𐬨 (varǝzǝm), Old Armenian գործ (gorc), and Old English weorc (English work).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /érɡon/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛ́rɣon/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /érɣon/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /érɣon/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /éɾɣon/

Noun

ἔργον (genitive ἔργου) n, second declension; (ergon)

1. deed, doing, action
2. labour, work, task

Inflection

Second declension of ἔργον, ἔργου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔργον	τὼ ἔργω	τὰ ἔργᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ ἔργου	τοῖν ἔργοιν	τῶν ἔργων
Dative	τῷ ἔργῳ	τοῖν ἔργοιν	τοῖς ἔργοις
Accusative	τὸ ἔργον	τὼ ἔργω	τὰ ἔργᾰ
Vocative	ἔργον	ἔργω	ἔργᾰ

Derived terms

• ἐργάζομαι
• ἐργαλεῖον
• ἐργαστήριον
• ἐργάτης
• ἐργώδης

Descendants

• English: ergo-
• Greek: έργο

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)
• Strong’s concordance number: G2041