The corpus record

ἀεργός

aergos

not working, idle

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Where it lives

Works and Days 6 · 10.41/10k
Proverbia 2 · 1.8/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἀεργ-ός · aerg-os — LSJ

not working, idle, not working out, not doing, inert

not working, idle, Il. 9.320, Od. 19.27, Hes. Op. 303, Theoc. 28.15, etc.; opp. ἐνεργός, Hp. de Arte II: c. gen., not working out, not doing, ἔργων αἰσχρῶν ἀπαθὴς καὶ ἀ. Thgn. 1177:—of things, inert, Aret. SD 1.9. Adv. -γῶς PFlor. 295.5 (vi A. D.).

II debilitating

Act., debilitating, μάλκαι Nic. Th. 381 codd.— Att. ἀργός, q.v.

In the wild

ἀεργῷ · aergōi Works and Days 302
ἀεργοὶ · aergoi Works and Days 303–305
ἀεργὸς · aergos Works and Days 303–305
ἀεργὸς · aergos Works and Days 312
ἀεργὸν · aergon Works and Days 43–44
ἀεργὸς · aergos Works and Days 498–499

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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