ἐνεργητικός
See also: ενεργητικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐνεργέω (energéō, “to effect”) + -τῐκός (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.ner.ɡɛː.ti.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.ner.ɡe̝.tiˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.ner.ʝi.tiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.ner.ʝi.tiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.ner.ʝi.tiˈkos/
Adjective
ἐνεργητῐκός • (energētikós) m (feminine ἐνεργητῐκή, neuter ἐνεργητῐκόν); first/second declension (Attic, Koine)
- Able to act on; acting on
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Physics 202a.17
- 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
- (grammar) In the active voice (of verbs, nouns, inflectional categories, or wording)
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Ammaeum 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
- Efficacious, effective, stimulating
- Geoponica, 2 33.4
Inflection
First and second declension of ἐνεργητῐκός; ἐνεργητῐκή; ἐνεργητῐκόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (active): πρᾱκτῐκός (prāktikós)
Descendants
- English: energetic
References
- “ἐνεργητικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press