ἐνέργεια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[activity]], [[operation]], opp. [[ἕξις]] (disposition), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1098b33</span>, al.; ζῴου <span class="bibl">Plb.1.4.7</span>; ἡ χαρὰ καὶ ἡ [[εὐφροσύνη]] κατὰ κίνησιν ἐνεργείᾳ βλέπονται <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>2</span>; opp. [[ἀργία]], <span class="bibl">Hierocl. <span class="title">in CA</span>19p.461M.</span>: pl., <b class="b3">παντοδαπαὶ ἐνέργειαι</b> Polystr.<span class="bibl">p.30</span> W.; ἐνέργεια καὶ [[σπουδή]] <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>616</span> (ii A.D.); [[physiological]] [[function]], Gal.6.21; [[performance]], τῶν καθηκόντων <span class="bibl">Ph.1.91</span>; [[activity]], of [[drug]]s, Gal.6.467; [[force]], of an [[engine]], <span class="bibl">D.S.20.95</span> (but, [[mechanism]], '[[action]]', <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span>1.7</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[workmanship]], Aristeas <span class="bibl">59</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> esp. of [[divine]] or [[supernatural]] [[action]], Ep.Eph.1.19, al., Aristeas 266; ἐ. θεοῦ Διὸς Βαιτοκαίκης <span class="title">OGI</span>262.4 (Syria, iii A.D.); [[magical]] [[operation]], ἱερὰ ἐνέργεια <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.159. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> pl., [[ἐνέργειαι]] = [[cosmic]] [[force]]s, Herm. ap. Stob.1.41.6. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Gramm., [[active]] [[force]], opp. [[πάθος]], <span class="bibl">D.T.637.29</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>9.9</span> (pl.), al.; <b class="b3">ἐνέργειαι καὶ πάθη</b> [[active]] and [[passive]] [[form]]s, <span class="bibl">Alex.<span class="title">Fig.</span>2.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> Rhet., [[vigour]] of [[style]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1411b28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in the philos. of Arist., opp. [[δύναμις]], [[actuality]], Metaph.1048a26, al.; opp. [[ὕλη]], ib.1043a20; <b class="b3">ἡ ὡς ἐνέργεια οὐσία</b>, [[substance]] in the sense of [[actuality]], ib.1042b10; opp. [[ἐντελέχεια]], as [[actuality]] to [[full]] [[reality]], ib.1050a22, 1047a30; [[ἐνεργείᾳ]] = [[actually]], opp. [[δυνάμει]], ib.1045b19, al., etc.</span>