ἔγερσις
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
ἐνέργεια
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
energeia
English translation (word)
activity, operation
Transliteration (Etymon)
egersis
English translation (etymon)
awaking
Author
Aristotle
Century
4 BC
Source
[Simplicius]
Ref.
On Aristotle’s “On the Soul” 98.12-14
Ed.
Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca vol XI, ed. Michael Hayduck, 1882
Quotation
ὀρθὸν οὖν καὶ κατ’ αὐτὸν ἀποδιδόναι αὐτῇ τὸ αὐτενέργητον ὡς ὑφ’ ἑαυτῆς ἐγειρομένη. ἐνέργεια δε τις ἡ ἔγερσις
Translation (En)
So it is correct to attribute the name autenergēton, as it is awaked by itself, and awaking (egersis) is a sort of energy (energeia)
Other translation(s)
Modern Greek: Είναι σωστό λοιπόν να αποδίδεται σε αυτήν η ονομασία αὐτενέργητος, εφόσον εγείρεται από μόνη της: η έγερση είναι ένα είδος ενέργειας
Modern etymology
Abstract noun derived from ἐνεργής "active"
Persistence in Modern Greek
“Ενέργεια” is still used in Modern Greek to denote: 1. ‘Action taken for a result’, 2. ‘the natural ability of anything to produce work’, 3. ‘action in general’ (Triandafyllidis, Dictionary of Modern Greek)
Entry By
Chriti
