ἐναργής

See also: εναργής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐν- (en-) +‎ *ἄργος (*árgos, “brightness”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs). *ἄργος (*árgos) is the neuter σ-stem abstract noun formed to the root of ἀργός (argós, “shining”), from older *ἀργρός (*argrós).

Adjective

ἐνᾰ̓ργής • (enărgḗs) m or f (neuter ἐνᾰ̓ργές); third declension

visible
of bodily shape
manifest to the mind
(of words) clear, distinct

Declension

Third declension of ἐνᾰ̓ργής; ἐνᾰ̓ργές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐνᾰ̓ργής enărgḗs		ἐνᾰ̓ργές enărgés	ἐνᾰ̓ργεῖ enărgeî		ἐνᾰ̓ργεῖ enărgeî	ἐνᾰ̓ργεῖς enărgeîs		ἐνᾰ̓ργῆ enărgê
Genitive	ἐνᾰ̓ργοῦς enărgoûs		ἐνᾰ̓ργοῦς enărgoûs	ἐνᾰ̓ργοῖν enărgoîn		ἐνᾰ̓ργοῖν enărgoîn	ἐνᾰ̓ργῶν enărgôn		ἐνᾰ̓ργῶν enărgôn
Dative	ἐνᾰ̓ργεῖ enărgeî		ἐνᾰ̓ργεῖ enărgeî	ἐνᾰ̓ργοῖν enărgoîn		ἐνᾰ̓ργοῖν enărgoîn	ἐνᾰ̓ργέσῐ ἐνᾰ̓ργέσῐν enărgésĭ(n)		ἐνᾰ̓ργέσῐ ἐνᾰ̓ργέσῐν enărgésĭ(n)
Accusative	ἐνᾰ̓ργῆ enărgê		ἐνᾰ̓ργές enărgés	ἐνᾰ̓ργεῖ enărgeî		ἐνᾰ̓ργεῖ enărgeî	ἐνᾰ̓ργεῖς enărgeîs		ἐνᾰ̓ργῆ enărgê
Vocative	ἐνᾰ̓ργές enărgés		ἐνᾰ̓ργές enărgés	ἐνᾰ̓ργεῖ enărgeî		ἐνᾰ̓ργεῖ enărgeî	ἐνᾰ̓ργεῖς enărgeîs		ἐνᾰ̓ργῆ enărgê
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐνᾰ̓ργῶς enărgôs			ἐνᾰ̓ργέστερος enărgésteros			ἐνᾰ̓ργέστᾰτος enărgéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐνάργεια (enárgeia)

References

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