ἐνεργός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐνεργής (energḗs) — Koine

Etymology

From ἐν- (en-, “in”) +‎ ἔργον (érgon, “work”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ner.ɡós/ → /e.nerˈɣos/ → /e.nerˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ner.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.nerˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.nerˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.nerˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.nerˈɣos/

Adjective

ἐνεργός • (energós) m or f (neuter ἐνεργόν); second declension

1. at work, active

Declension

Second declension of ἐνεργός; ἐνεργόν (Attic)

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 energá
Genitive		ἐνεργοῦ energoû	ἐνεργοῦ energoû		ἐνεργοῖν energoîn	ἐνεργοῖν energoîn		ἐνεργῶν energôn	ἐνεργῶν energôn
Dative		ἐνεργῷ energôi	ἐνεργῷ energôi		ἐνεργοῖν energoîn	ἐνεργοῖν energoîn		ἐνεργοῖς energoîs	ἐνεργοῖς energoîs
Accusative		ἐνεργόν energón	ἐνεργόν energón		ἐνεργώ energṓ	ἐνεργώ energṓ		ἐνεργούς energoús	ἐνεργᾰ́ energá
Vocative		ἐνεργέ energé	ἐνεργόν energón		ἐνεργώ energṓ	ἐνεργώ energṓ		ἐνεργοί energoí	ἐνεργᾰ́ energá
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐνεργῶς energôs			ἐνεργότερος energóteros			ἐνεργότᾰτος energótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • active idem, page 10.
  • effective idem, page 262.
  • interest idem, page 450.
  • service idem, page 755.