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

• (Classical): IPA: [érɡon]
• (Koine): IPA: [ˈɛrɡo̞n]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [ˈerɣon]

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	τό ἔργον	τώ ἔργω	τά ἔργᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ ἔργου	τοῖν ἔργοιν	τῶν ἔργων
Dative	τῷ ἔργῳ	τοῖν ἔργοιν	τοῖς ἔργοις
Accusative	τό ἔργον	τώ ἔργω	τά ἔργᾰ
Vocative	ἔργον	ἔργω	ἔργᾰ

Derived terms

• ἐργάζομαι
• ἐργαλεῖον
• ἐργαστήριον
• ἐργάτης
• ἐργώδης

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Beekes Greek etymological dictionary
• Strong’s concordance number: G2041