ἨΡΓΟΛΑΒΗΚΩΣ, ἠργολαβηκως
ĒRGOLABĒKŌS, ērgolabēkōs
Sounds Like: air-go-la-BEE-koss
Translations: having contracted, having undertaken, having hired out, having farmed out
From the root: ΕΡΓΟΛΑΒΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a perfect active participle, meaning 'having contracted' or 'having undertaken a work'. It describes someone who has taken on a task or project, often by agreement or contract, or who has hired out or farmed out a task. It implies a completed action of taking on responsibility for a job.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Perfect Active Participle
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 14:23
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
- ΕΡΓΟΛΑΒΗΣΑΣ — having undertaken, having contracted, having agreed to work
- ΕΡΓΟΛΑΒΩΣΙ — they may contract, they may undertake, they may agree to work
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