ἐνεργέω
energeo
to be in action
Appears 121 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐνεργέω, A. to be in action or activity, operate, Rh. 1411b26; εὐδαίμων ὁ κατʼ ἀρετὴν τελείαν -ῶν EN 1101a15: c. acc., ἐνεργεῖς ποσὸν καὶ δυάδα 6.6.16; esp. of divine or supernatural action, freq. in NT., τινί, ἔν τινι, Ep.Gal. 2.8, Ev.Matt. 14.2:—Med., Ep.Rom. 7.5, al. 2. to be efficacious, of drugs, 147, 1.98, al.; ἐοικότα ἐ. ib.106; ἐνήργησε τὸ φάρμακον 6.1.22; to be effective, of troops, ταῖς σαρίσαις Tact. 14.6:—Pass., to be the object of action, de An. 427a7, Ph. 195b28; ὁ ἐνεργούμενος λίθος IG 7.3073.108 (Lebad.); also, to be actualized, 3.7.11. II. trans., effect, execute, πάντα κατὰ δύναμιν 18.14.8; τὰ τοῦ πολέμου 7.5.8; χρείαν 14.2, cf. 2.9:—Pass., to be actively carried on, ὁ πόλεμος ἐνηργεῖτο 1.13.5, cf. 20.95; τὰ κατὰ πρόθεσιν ἐνεργούμενα things executed, 9.12.7; μηδὲν ἐνέργημα . . ἐνεργείσθω 4.2. III. Medic., of sexual intercourse, τὴν τοιαύτην πρᾶξιν -οῦσι μετρίως 141, cf. Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).176: euphem. for βινεῖν, in opere esse, 4.61; ἐ. τινά 3.55; ἐρωτικόν τι 1.39. IV. operate, in surgery, 45.18.5, 6.73; ὁ ἐνεργῶν, ὁ ἐνεργούμενος, the surgeon, the patient, 18(2).626,683.
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