ΕΡΓΟΛΑΒΗΣΑΣ, εργολαβησας
ERGOLABĒSAS, ergolabēsas
Sounds Like: er-go-la-BEE-sas
Translations: having undertaken, having contracted, having agreed to work
From the root: ΕΡΓΟΛΑΒΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active participle of the verb 'εργολαβέω' (ergolabeō), meaning 'to undertake a work, to contract for a job'. It describes someone who has completed the action of undertaking or contracting for a task. It is a compound word formed from 'ἔργον' (ergon, 'work') and 'λαμβάνω' (lambanō, 'to take, to receive').
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΡΓΟΛΑΒΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΡΓΟΛΑΒΩΣΙ — they may contract, they may undertake, they may farm out
- ΕΡΓΟΛΑΒΩΣΙ — they may contract, they may undertake, they may agree to work
- ἨΡΓΟΛΑΒΗΚΩΣ — having contracted, having undertaken, having hired out, having farmed out
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