The corpus record

ἔργον

ergon

work, labour, work of art

Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.

Distribution

Titus 8 · 123.46/10k
James 15 · 87.72/10k
Works and Days 36 · 62.46/10k
2 Timothy 6 · 50.04/10k
Olympic Oration 2 · 46.3/10k
3 John 1 · 46.3/10k
Cleitophon 7 · 45.22/10k
2 John 1 · 41.32/10k
Enchiridion 20 · 40.34/10k
Defense in the Matter of the Olive Stump 8 · 39.51/10k
Answer to Philip's Letter 5 · 38.82/10k
1 Timothy 6 · 37.88/10k

Densest 12 of 287 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. ἔργον · ergon — Beekes

work, labour, work of art

2. ἔργον · ergon — Chantraine

avec les verbes ἔρδω, ῥέζω : I

3. Ἔργον · Ergon — Chantraine

ἐργάζομαι subsistent en grec moderne avec ἐργαστήριον, ἐργάτης, ἐργολάδος, ete

4. ἔργον · ergon — Chantraine

866 — « faire un sacrifice »

5. ἔργον · ergon — Frisk

6. έργον · ergon — Frisk

(dor

7. ἔργον · ergon — Frisk

Als Hinterglied myk

8. ἔργον · ergon — LSJ

work, tasks, works

Attestations

ἔργα · erga Iliad 1.115
ἔργον · ergon Iliad 1.294
ἔργῳ · ergōi Iliad 1.395
ἔργῳ · ergōi Iliad 1.504
ἔργʼ · ergʼ Iliad 1.518
ἔργα · erga Iliad 1.573

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan p. 497; entry #2222 Review: Under source audit
OCR root-candidate values are withheld pending source verification, rights review, and scholarly review. No root, reconstruction, cognate, or historical relationship is asserted here.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan pp. 378-379; entry #2674 Review: Under source audit
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan p. 580; entry #2081 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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