ἐνεργητικός

See also: ενεργητικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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 • (energētĭkós) 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, 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
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 energētĭkós	ἐνεργητῐκή energētĭkḗ	ἐνεργητῐκόν energētĭkón	ἐνεργητῐκώ energētĭkṓ	ἐνεργητῐκᾱ́ energētĭkā́	ἐνεργητῐκώ energētĭkṓ	ἐνεργητῐκοί energētĭkoí	ἐνεργητῐκαί energētĭkaí	ἐνεργητῐκᾰ́ energētĭkắ
Genitive	ἐνεργητῐκοῦ energētĭkoû	ἐνεργητῐκῆς energētĭkês	ἐνεργητῐκοῦ energētĭkoû	ἐνεργητῐκοῖν energētĭkoîn	ἐνεργητῐκαῖν energētĭkaîn	ἐνεργητῐκοῖν energētĭkoîn	ἐνεργητῐκῶν energētĭkôn	ἐνεργητῐκῶν energētĭkôn	ἐνεργητῐκῶν energētĭkôn
Dative	ἐνεργητῐκῷ energētĭkōî	ἐνεργητῐκῇ energētĭkēî	ἐνεργητῐκῷ energētĭkōî	ἐνεργητῐκοῖν energētĭkoîn	ἐνεργητῐκαῖν energētĭkaîn	ἐνεργητῐκοῖν energētĭkoîn	ἐνεργητῐκοῖς energētĭkoîs	ἐνεργητῐκαῖς energētĭkaîs	ἐνεργητῐκοῖς energētĭkoîs
Accusative	ἐνεργητῐκόν energētĭkón	ἐνεργητῐκήν energētĭkḗn	ἐνεργητῐκόν energētĭkón	ἐνεργητῐκώ energētĭkṓ	ἐνεργητῐκᾱ́ energētĭkā́	ἐνεργητῐκώ energētĭkṓ	ἐνεργητῐκούς energētĭkoús	ἐνεργητῐκᾱ́ς energētĭkā́s	ἐνεργητῐκᾰ́ energētĭkắ
Vocative	ἐνεργητῐκέ energētĭké	ἐνεργητῐκή energētĭkḗ	ἐνεργητῐκόν energētĭkón	ἐνεργητῐκώ energētĭkṓ	ἐνεργητῐκᾱ́ energētĭkā́	ἐνεργητῐκώ energētĭkṓ	ἐνεργητῐκοί energētĭkoí	ἐνεργητῐκαί energētĭkaí	ἐνεργητῐκᾰ́ energētĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐνεργητῐκῶς energētĭkôs			ἐνεργητῐκώτερος energētĭkṓteros			ἐνεργητῐκώτᾰτος energētĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

(active): πρᾱκτῐκός (prāktĭkós)

Descendants

English: energetic
→ Greek: ενεργητικός (energitikós) (learned)

References

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