ἐνεργεῖ (energei)

ἐνεργεῖ is an Ancient Greek form of ἐνεργέω, meaning “be at work, operate”. It is the 2nd person singular present active imperative.

It can also be a form of ἐνεργής, “active, effective; strong”. It is the nominative dual masculine noun or adjective.

Found 35 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute 1.11: … ῶν ἀρετῶν μεμῖχθαι· βεβαιοῦντος αὐτοῦ τὸν Στωικὸν ἐκεῖνον λόγον, ὅτι πᾶν, ὃ ἂν δρᾷ ὁ σοφός, κατὰ πᾶσαν ἀρετὴν ἐνεργεῖ, καὶ μία μέν, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἀρετὴ πρωταγωνιστεῖ πράξεως ἑκάστης, παρακαλεῖ τὰς ἄλλας καὶ συντείνει πρὸς τὸ τέλος …

Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 6.6.46: Ἐνεργεῖ δέ, οἶμαι, καὶ ὁ σωτήρ, ἐπεὶ τὸ σῴζειν ἔργον αὐτοῦ· ὅπερ οὖν καὶ πεποίηκεν, τοὺς εἰς αὐτὸν πιστεῦσαι βεβουλημ …

Marcus Aurelius, Ad Se Ipsum 3.5.1: Μήτε ἀκούσιος ἐνέργει μήτε ἀκοινώνητος μήτε ἀνεξέταστος μήτε ἀνθελκόμενος· μήτε κομψεία τὴν διάνοιάν σου καλλωπιζέτω· μήτε πολυρρήμ …

All forms of ἐνεργέω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.