ἐντελέχεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Coined by Aristotle from ἐντελής (entelḗs, “complete, full, accomplished”) + ἔχειν (ékhein, “have, hold”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /en.te.lé.kʰeː.a/ → /en.teˈle.çi.a/ → /en.deˈle.çi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /en.te.lé.kʰeː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /en.teˈle.kʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /en.teˈle.çi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /en.teˈle.çi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /en.deˈle.çi.a/

Noun

ἐντελέχειᾰ • (entelékheia) f (genitive ἐντελεχείᾱς); first declension

1. entelechy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐντελέχειᾰ; τῆς ἐντελεχείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐντελέχειᾰ hē entelékheia	τὼ ἐντελεχείᾱ tṑ entelekheíā	αἱ ἐντελέχειαι hai entelékheiai
Genitive	τῆς ἐντελεχείᾱς tês entelekheíās	τοῖν ἐντελεχείαιν toîn entelekheíain	τῶν ἐντελεχειῶν tôn entelekheiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐντελεχείᾳ têi entelekheíāi	τοῖν ἐντελεχείαιν toîn entelekheíain	ταῖς ἐντελεχείαις taîs entelekheíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐντελέχειᾰν tḕn entelékheian	τὼ ἐντελεχείᾱ tṑ entelekheíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐντελεχείᾱς tā̀s entelekheíās
Vocative	ἐντελέχειᾰ entelékheia	ἐντελεχείᾱ entelekheíā	ἐντελέχειαι entelékheiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: entelexiya
• Basque: entelekia
• Czech: entelechie
• Danish: enteleki
• Dutch: entelechie
• English: entelechy
• Esperanto: entelekio
• Estonian: entelehhia
• Finnish: entelekia
• French: entéléchie
• German: Entelechie
• Greek: εντελέχεια (entelécheia)
• Italian: entelechia
• Polish: entelechia
• Portuguese: entelequia
• Romanian: entelehie
• Russian: энтеле́хия f (enteléxija)
• Slovak: entelechia
• Spanish: entelequia
• Swedish: enteleki
• Ukrainian: ентелехія (entelexija)

Further reading

• “ἐντελέχεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐντελέχεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐντελέχεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)