ἔργον

Alternative formsEdit

• ϝέργον (wergon) (Doric)
• ϝάργον (wargon) (Elean)

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (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/

NounEdit

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

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

InflectionEdit

Derived termsEdit

• ἐργάζομαι (ergazomai)
• ἐργαλεῖον (ergaleion)
• ἐργαστήριον (ergastērion)
• ἐργάτης (ergatēs)
• ἐργώδης (ergōdēs)

DescendantsEdit

• English: ergo-
• Greek: έργο

ReferencesEdit

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Leiden, Boston: Brill Academic Publishers
• Strong’s concordance number: G2041