ἐνεργός
See also: ενεργός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἐνεργής (energḗs) — Koine
Etymology
From ἐν- (en-, “in”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.ner.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.nerˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.nerˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.nerˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.nerˈɣos/
Adjective
ἐνεργός • (energós) m or f (neuter ἐνεργόν); second declension
- at work, active
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐνεργός energós |
ἐνεργόν energón |
ἐνεργώ energṓ |
ἐνεργώ energṓ |
ἐνεργοί energoí |
ἐνεργᾰ́ energắ | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐνεργοῦ energoû |
ἐνεργοῦ energoû |
ἐνεργοῖν energoîn |
ἐνεργοῖν energoîn |
ἐνεργῶν energôn |
ἐνεργῶν energôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐνεργῷ energōî |
ἐνεργῷ energōî |
ἐνεργοῖν energoîn |
ἐνεργοῖν energoîn |
ἐνεργοῖς energoîs |
ἐνεργοῖς energoîs | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐνεργόν energón |
ἐνεργόν energón |
ἐνεργώ energṓ |
ἐνεργώ energṓ |
ἐνεργούς energoús |
ἐνεργᾰ́ energắ | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐνεργέ energé |
ἐνεργόν energón |
ἐνεργώ energṓ |
ἐνεργώ energṓ |
ἐνεργοί energoí |
ἐνεργᾰ́ energắ | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐνεργῶς energôs |
ἐνεργότερος energóteros |
ἐνεργότᾰτος energótătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Greek: ενεργός (energós) (learned)
Further reading
- “ἐνεργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐνεργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐνεργός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐνεργός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.