ἐνάργεια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐναργής (enargḗs, “visible, palpable, manifest, clear”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun–forming suffix); ultimately derived from ἀργός (argós, “bright”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.nár.ɡeː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈnar.ɡi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈnar.ʝi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈnar.ʝi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈnar.ʝi.a/
Noun
ἐνᾰ́ργειᾰ • (enắrgeiă) f (genitive ἐνᾰγείᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐνᾰ́ργειᾰ hē enắrgeiă |
τὼ ἐνᾰργείᾱ tṑ enărgeíā |
αἱ ἐνᾰ́ργειαι hai enắrgeiai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐνᾰργείᾱς tês enărgeíās |
τοῖν ἐνᾰργείαιν toîn enărgeíain |
τῶν ἐνᾰργειῶν tôn enărgeiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐνᾰργείᾳ tēî enărgeíāi |
τοῖν ἐνᾰργείαιν toîn enărgeíain |
ταῖς ἐνᾰργείαις taîs enărgeíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐνᾰ́ργειᾰν tḕn enắrgeiăn |
τὼ ἐνᾰργείᾱ tṑ enărgeíā |
τᾱ̀ς ἐνᾰργείᾱς tā̀s enărgeíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐνᾰ́ργειᾰ enắrgeiă |
ἐνᾰργείᾱ enărgeíā |
ἐνᾰ́ργειαι enắrgeiai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: enargia
Further reading
- “ἐνάργεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐνάργεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette