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ἐνέργεια

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐνέργεια ἐνεργείας

Structure: ἐνεργει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: from e)nergh/s

Sense

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

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τῶν δὲ ἐν ψυχῇ τὰ μὲν ἕξεισ ἢ δυνάμεισ εἰσί, τὰ δ’ ἐνέργειαι καὶ κινήσεισ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 4:1)
  • ἐπαινετὸν γὰρ ὑπέκειτο ἡ ἀρετὴ ἢ τὸ ἔργον, ταῦτα δ’ οὐκ ἐνεργεῖ, ἀλλ’ εἰσὶν αὐτῶν ἐνέργειαι. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 34:3)
  • οὐδ’ τῆσ νεὼσ κίνησισ ἀκώλυτοσ ἂν εἰή, ἂν αἱ περὶ τὸ ἱστίον ἢ τὴν εἰρεσίαν ἐνέργειαι κωλύσεισ τινὰσ ἔχωσιν. (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 47 16:2)
  • ἐνέργειαι δ’ ἐπὶ τρισὶ τοῖσ εἰρημένοισ ἔργοισ τρεῖσ ἐξ ἀνάγκησ, ἐφ’ ἑκάστῳ μία, γένεσίσ τε καὶ αὔξησισ καὶ θρέψισ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 52)
  • τὰ μὲν γάρ εἰσιν ἐνέργειαι, τὰ δὲ παρ’ αὐτὰσ ἔργα τινά. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, book 1 2:4)
  • δοκέω δὲ ἐγώ κοτε καὶ στόμαχον, καὶ τὰ ἔντερα, καὶ κύστιν, καὶ τὸ παράμηκεσ ἔντερον ἄχρι τῆσ ἀρχῆσ τωὐτὸ πεπονθέναι· ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν μέλεα τὰ ἐντὸσ ἐκλυόμενα κρυπτὰ καὶ ἀφανέα· ἡμιτελέεσ δὲ καὶ αἱ ἐνέργειαι· τῇδέ μοι δοκέει καὶ ἡμιπαθέα ἔμμεναι τὰ μέρεα διχῆ ὑπὸ τῆσ νοῦσου τετμημένα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 102)

Synonyms

  1. workmanship

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