ἐνέργεια

Ancient Greek

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Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /enérɡe͜e.a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛnɛ́rɣiːa/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /enérɣia/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /enérʝia/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /enéɾʝia/

Etymology

From the adjective ἐνεργός "active", in turn from ἐν "in" and ἔργον "work" (cognate to work, urge).

Noun

ἐνέργεια (genitive ἐνεργείας) f, first declension; (energeia)

1. activity, operation, vigour
2. workmanship
3. supernatural action, cosmic force
4. the active principle in Aristotelian ontology (Latin actus)

Inflection

First declension of ἐνέργειᾰ, ἐνεργείᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐνέργειᾰ	τὼ ἐνεργείᾱ	αἱ ἐνέργειαι
Genitive	τῆς ἐνεργείᾱς	τοῖν ἐνεργείαιν	τῶν ἐνεργειῶν
Dative	τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ	τοῖν ἐνεργείαιν	ταῖς ἐνεργείαις
Accusative	τὴν ἐνέργειᾰν	τὼ ἐνεργείᾱ	τὰς ἐνεργείᾱς
Vocative	ἐνέργειᾰ	ἐνεργείᾱ	ἐνέργειαι

Descendants

• Russian: эне́ргия (enérgija) f

References

• ἐνέργεια in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G1753