energumenos

See also: energúmenos

Latin

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐνεργούμενος (energoúmenos, participle of ἐνεργέω (energéō, “be in (supernatural) action”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.nerˈɡuː.me.nos/, [ɛnɛrˈɡuːmɛnɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.nerˈɡu.me.nos/, [enerˈɡuːmenos]

Adjective

energūmenos (feminine energūmena, neuter energūmenon); first/second-declension adjective (Greek-type)

1. possessed by the devil
   • c. 363 CE – c. 425 CE, Sulpicius Severus, Dialogues 3.6.2:

     videres per totam ecclesiam energumenos rugientes

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective (Greek-type).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	energūmenos	energūmena	energūmenon		energūmenī	energūmenae	energūmena
Genitive	energūmenī	energūmenae	energūmenī		energūmenōrum	energūmenārum	energūmenōrum
Dative	energūmenō		energūmenō		energūmenīs
Accusative	energūmenon	energūmenān	energūmenon		energūmenōs	energūmenās	energūmena
Ablative	energūmenō	energūmenā	energūmenō		energūmenīs
Vocative	energūmene	energūmena	energūmenon		energūmenī	energūmenae	energūmena

Related terms

• energīa
• energēma

References

• “energumenos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press