ἐνεργέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> to [[be in action]] or [[activity]], [[operate]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1411b26</span>; εὐδαίμων ὁ κατ' ἀρετὴν τελείαν -ῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1101a15</span>: c. acc., ἐνεργεῖς ποσὸν καὶ δυάδα <span class="bibl">Plot.6.6.16</span>; esp. of divine or supernatural [[action]], freq. in [[NT]]., <b class="b3">τινί, ἔν τινι</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Gal.</span>2.8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>14.2</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>7.5</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> to [[be efficacious]], of drugs, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.147</span>, Dsc.1.98, al.; <b class="b3">ἐοικότα ἐ</b>. ib.106; ἐνήργησε τὸ φάρμακον <span class="bibl">Plot.6.1.22</span>; to [[be effective]], of troops, ταῖς σαρίσαις <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Tact.</span>14.6</span>:—Pass., to [[be the object of action]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>427a7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>195b28</span>; ὁ ἐνεργούμενος λίθος <span class="title">IG</span>7.3073.108 (Lebad.); also, to [[be actualized]], <span class="bibl">Plot.3.7.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> trans., [[effect]], [[execute]], πάντα κατὰ δύναμιν <span class="bibl">Plb.18.14.8</span>; τὰ τοῦ πολέμου <span class="bibl">Id.7.5.8</span>; χρείαν <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.14.2</span>, cf. Aristid. Quint.2.9:—Pass., to [[be actively carried on]], ὁ πόλεμος ἐνηργεῖτο <span class="bibl">Plb.1.13.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S.20.95</span>; τὰ κατὰ πρόθεσιν ἐνεργούμενα [[things executed]], <span class="bibl">Plb.9.12.7</span>; μηδὲν ἐνέργημα . . ἐνεργείσθω <span class="bibl">M.Ant.4.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Medic., of sexual intercourse, τὴν τοιαύτην πρᾶξιν -οῦσι μετρίως <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.141</span>, cf. <span class="title">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span>8(4).176: euphem. for [[βινεῖν]], [[in opere esse]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.4.61</span>; ἐ. τινά <span class="bibl">Alciphr. 3.55</span>; ἐρωτικόν τι <span class="bibl">Id.1.39</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[operate]], in surgery, <span class="bibl">Orib.45.18.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.6.73</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐνεργῶν, ὁ ἐνεργούμενος</b>, the [[surgeon]], the [[patient]], Gal.18(2).626,683.</span>