ἐνέργεια

See also: ενέργεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐνεργής (energḗs) +‎ -ιᾰ (-iă); for the former component, see ἐνεργός (energós, “at work; active”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐνέργειᾰ • (enérgeiă) f (genitive ἐνεργείᾱς); first declension

  1. activity, operation, vigour, efficiency
  2. workmanship
  3. godly action, cosmic force
  4. (grammar) the active voice
  5. the active principle in Aristotelian ontology (Latin actus)
  6. actuality (Aristotelian philosophy)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐνέργειᾰ; τῆς ἐνεργείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐνέργειᾰ
hē enérgeiă 		τὼ ἐνεργείᾱ
tṑ energeíā 		αἱ ἐνέργειαι
hai enérgeiai
Genitive τῆς ἐνεργείᾱς
tês energeíās 		τοῖν ἐνεργείαιν
toîn energeíain 		τῶν ἐνεργειῶν
tôn energeiôn
Dative τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ
tēî energeíāi 		τοῖν ἐνεργείαιν
toîn energeíain 		ταῖς ἐνεργείαις
taîs energeíais
Accusative τὴν ἐνέργειᾰν
tḕn enérgeiăn 		τὼ ἐνεργείᾱ
tṑ energeíā 		τᾱ̀ς ἐνεργείᾱς
tā̀s energeíās
Vocative ἐνέργειᾰ
enérgeiă 		ἐνεργείᾱ
energeíā 		ἐνέργειαι
enérgeiai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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