ἐνεργητικός

See also: ενεργητικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐνεργέω (energéō, “to effect”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ner.ɡɛː.ti.kós/ → /e.ner.ʝi.tiˈkos/ → /e.ner.ʝi.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ner.ɡɛː.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ner.ɡe̝.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ner.ʝi.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ner.ʝi.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ner.ʝi.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ἐνεργητῐκός • (energētikós) m (feminine ἐνεργητῐκή, neuter ἐνεργητῐκόν); first/second declension (Attic, Koine)

1. Able to act on; acting on
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Physics 202a.17
2. Active
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 12.28.6
   • 160 CE – 210 CE, Sextus Empiricus, Against the Mathematicians 7.223
   • 160 CE – 210 CE, Sextus Empiricus, Against the Mathematicians 7.293
3. (grammar) In the active voice (of verbs, nouns, inflectional categories, or wording)
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Amm.2 7
   • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Adverbs 161.18
   • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 150.19
   • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 210.19
   • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 276.20
   • Phryn., PSp. 9B
4. Efficacious, effective, stimulating
   • Geoponica, 2 33.4

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐνεργητῐκός; ἐνεργητῐκή; ἐνεργητῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐνεργητῐκός energētikós	ἐνεργητῐκή energētikḗ	ἐνεργητῐκόν energētikón		ἐνεργητῐκώ energētikṓ	ἐνεργητῐκᾱ́ energētikā́	ἐνεργητῐκώ energētikṓ		ἐνεργητῐκοί energētikoí	ἐνεργητῐκαί energētikaí	ἐνεργητῐκᾰ́ energētiká
Genitive		ἐνεργητῐκοῦ energētikoû	ἐνεργητῐκῆς energētikês	ἐνεργητῐκοῦ energētikoû		ἐνεργητῐκοῖν energētikoîn	ἐνεργητῐκαῖν energētikaîn	ἐνεργητῐκοῖν energētikoîn		ἐνεργητῐκῶν energētikôn	ἐνεργητῐκῶν energētikôn	ἐνεργητῐκῶν energētikôn
Dative		ἐνεργητῐκῷ energētikôi	ἐνεργητῐκῇ energētikêi	ἐνεργητῐκῷ energētikôi		ἐνεργητῐκοῖν energētikoîn	ἐνεργητῐκαῖν energētikaîn	ἐνεργητῐκοῖν energētikoîn		ἐνεργητῐκοῖς energētikoîs	ἐνεργητῐκαῖς energētikaîs	ἐνεργητῐκοῖς energētikoîs
Accusative		ἐνεργητῐκόν energētikón	ἐνεργητῐκήν energētikḗn	ἐνεργητῐκόν energētikón		ἐνεργητῐκώ energētikṓ	ἐνεργητῐκᾱ́ energētikā́	ἐνεργητῐκώ energētikṓ		ἐνεργητῐκούς energētikoús	ἐνεργητῐκᾱ́ς energētikā́s	ἐνεργητῐκᾰ́ energētiká
Vocative		ἐνεργητῐκέ energētiké	ἐνεργητῐκή energētikḗ	ἐνεργητῐκόν energētikón		ἐνεργητῐκώ energētikṓ	ἐνεργητῐκᾱ́ energētikā́	ἐνεργητῐκώ energētikṓ		ἐνεργητῐκοί energētikoí	ἐνεργητῐκαί energētikaí	ἐνεργητῐκᾰ́ energētiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐνεργητῐκῶς energētikôs				ἐνεργητῐκώτερος energētikṓteros				ἐνεργητῐκώτᾰτος energētikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (active): πρᾱκτῐκός (prāktikós)

Descendants

• English: energetic

References

• “ἐνεργητικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press