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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">to be in action</b> or <b class="b2">activity, operate</b>, <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 <b class="b2">action</b>, freq. in <b class="b2">NT</b>., <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> <b class="b2">to be efficacious</b>, 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>; <b class="b2">to be effective</b>, of troops, ταῖς σαρίσαις <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Tact.</span>14.6</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be the object of action</b>, <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, <b class="b2">to be actualized</b>, <span class="bibl">Plot.3.7.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> trans., <b class="b2">effect, execute</b>, 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., <b class="b2">to be actively carried on</b>, ὁ πόλεμος ἐνηργεῖτο <span class="bibl">Plb.1.13.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S.20.95</span>; τὰ κατὰ πρόθεσιν ἐνεργούμενα <b class="b2">things executed</b>, <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 <b class="b3">βινεῖν</b>, <b class="b2">in opere esse</b>, <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> <b class="b2">operate</b>, 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 <b class="b2">surgeon</b>, the <b class="b2">patient</b>, Gal.18(2).626,683.</span>

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