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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

  • καὶ γὰρ ἁρμονικοὶ τὸ κατακούειν ἡρμοσμένου καὶ γεωμέτραι τὸ ἀναλύειν καὶ ἀριθμητικοὶ τὴν ἐν τῷ λογίζεσθαι συνέχειαν ἐκλιπόντεσ ἅμα ταῖσ ἐνεργείαισ ἀμαυροῦσι ταῖσ ἡλικίαισ τὰσ ἕξεισ, καίπερ οὐ πρακτικὰσ ἀλλὰ θεωρητικὰσ τέχνασ ἔχοντεσ· (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 16 8:1)
  • παρὰ τὴν ἔννοιαν λέγουσι καὶ πλάττουσι ζῷον, οὗ πολλὰ τῶν μορίων ἐκφεύγει τὴν βούλησιν, ἰδίαισ ἐνεργείαισ χρώμενα καὶ πράξεσιν, αἷσ τὸ ὅλον ὁρμὴν οὐ δίδωσιν οὐδὲ κατάρχει κινήσεωσ. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 34 3:1)
  • ἅπαντα γὰρ ὑπάρχει ταῦτα ταῖσ ἀρίσταισ ἐνεργείαισ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 87:3)
  • λύπασ τε γὰρ ἐπιφέρει καὶ ἐμποδίζει πολλαῖσ ἐνεργείαισ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 112:1)
  • ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐν ἀρχῇ εἴπομεν, ἡ ἕξισ ταῖσ ἐνεργείαισ ὁρίζεται, καὶ ὧν ἐστίν. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 47:1)

Synonyms

  1. workmanship

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