energumenos
See also: energúmenos
Latin
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐνεργούμενος (energoúmenos, participle of ἐνεργέω (energéō, “be in (supernatural) action”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.nɛrˈɡuː.mɛ.nɔs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.nerˈɡuː.me.nos]
Adjective
energūmenos (feminine energūmena, neuter energūmenon); first/second-declension adjective (Greek-type)
- possessed by the devil
- c. 363 CE – c. 425 CE, Sulpicius Severus, Dialogues 3.6.2:
- videres per totam ecclesiam energumenos rugientes
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- videres per totam ecclesiam energumenos rugientes
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | energūmenos | energūmena | energūmenon | energūmenī energūmenoe |
energūmenae | energūmena | |
| genitive | energūmenī | energūmenae | energūmenī | energūmenōrum | energūmenārum | energūmenōrum | |
| dative | energūmenō | energūmenae | energūmenō | energūmenīs | |||
| accusative | energūmenon | energūmenān | energūmenon | energūmenōs | energūmenās | energūmena | |
| ablative | energūmenō | energūmenā | energūmenō | energūmenīs | |||
| vocative | energūmene | energūmena | energūmenon | energūmenī energūmenoe |
energūmenae | energūmena | |
Related terms
- energīa
- energēma
References
- “energumenos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press