ἐνεργός

See also: ενεργός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐνεργής (energḗs) — Koine

Etymology

From ἐν- (en-, “in”) +‎ ἔργον (érgon, “work”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ner.ɡós/ → /e.nerˈɣos/ → /e.nerˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ner.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.nerˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.nerˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.nerˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.nerˈɣos/

Adjective

ἐνεργός • (energós) m or f (neuter ἐνεργόν); second declension

1. at work, active

Declension

Second declension of ἐνεργός; ἐνεργόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐνεργός energós		ἐνεργόν energón		ἐνεργώ energṓ		ἐνεργώ energṓ		ἐνεργοί energoí		ἐνεργᾰ́ energắ
Genitive		ἐνεργοῦ energoû		ἐνεργοῦ energoû		ἐνεργοῖν energoîn		ἐνεργοῖν energoîn		ἐνεργῶν energôn		ἐνεργῶν energôn
Dative		ἐνεργῷ energōî		ἐνεργῷ energōî		ἐνεργοῖν energoîn		ἐνεργοῖν energoîn		ἐνεργοῖς energoîs		ἐνεργοῖς energoîs
Accusative		ἐνεργόν energón		ἐνεργόν energón		ἐνεργώ energṓ		ἐνεργώ energṓ		ἐνεργούς energoús		ἐνεργᾰ́ energắ
Vocative		ἐνεργέ energé		ἐνεργόν energón		ἐνεργώ energṓ		ἐνεργώ energṓ		ἐνεργοί energoí		ἐνεργᾰ́ energắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐνεργῶς energôs				ἐνεργότερος energóteros				ἐνεργότᾰτος energótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: ενεργός (energós) (learned)

Further reading

• “ἐνεργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐνεργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐνεργός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐνεργός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • active idem, page 10.
  • effective idem, page 262.
  • interest idem, page 450.
  • service idem, page 755.