ε2909Ἔργον εἰπεῖν
a job to say
[Meaning] it is difficult to say. And Sophocles [writes]: "but no point lamenting these things in vain" - meaning [no] advantage - "rather, the business must be begun with some speed."
Ἔργον εἰπεῖν· χαλεπὸν εἰπεῖν. καὶ Σοφοκλῆς· ἀλλ' οὐδὲν ἔργον ταῦτα θρηνεῖσθαι μάτην· ἀντὶ τοῦ ὄφελος. ἀλλ' ἀρκτέον τὸ πρᾶγμα σὺν τάχει τινί.