ας (ἡ) :
   I force en action (p. opp. à δύναμις, force en puissance), d’où activité, ARSTT. Metaph. 8, 6, 1, etc. ;
   II p. ext. :
      1 action ou fonctionnement (d’un mécanisme) HÉRON Aut. 244 ;
      2 action, acte (p. opp. à ἕξις, manière d’être, état) ARSTT. Nic. 1, 7 ; d’où force des choses, DS. 20, 95 ; force ou vivacité dans le discours, ARSTT. Rhet. 3, 11, 12 ;
      3 action, influence, en mauv. part, en parl. du mauv. esprit, CLÉM. 2, 629.

Étym. ἐνεργής.

ἡ, activity, operation, opp. ἕξις (disposition), Arist. EN 1098b33, al. ; ζῴου Plb. 1.4.7; ἡ χαρὰ καὶ ἡ εὐφροσύνη κατὰ κίνησιν ἐνεργείᾳ βλέπονται Epicur. Fr. 2; opp. ἀργία, Hierocl. in CA 19 p. 461M. ; pl., παντοδαπαὶ ἐ. Polystr. p. 30 W. ; ἐ. καὶ σπουδή PTeb. 616 (ii AD); physiological function, Gal. 6.21; performance, τῶν καθηκόντων Ph. 1.91; activity, of drugs, Gal. 6.467; force, of an engine, D.S. 20.95 (but, mechanism, ΄action΄, Hero Aut. 1.7).
workmanship, Aristeas 59. esp. of divine or supernatural action, Ep. Eph. 1.19, al., Aristeas 266; ἐ. θεοῦ Διὸς Βαιτοκαίκης OGI 262.4 (Syria, iii AD); magical operation, ἱερὰ ἐ. PMagPar. 1.159. pl., ἐνέργειαι cosmic forces, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.41.6. Gramm., active force, opp. πάθος, D.T. 637.29, A.D. Synt. 9.9 (pl.), al. ; ἐνέργειαι καὶ πάθη active and passive forms, Alex. Fig. 2.14.
Rhet., vigour of style, Arist. Rh. 1411b28.
in the philos. of Arist., opp. δύναμις, actuality, Metaph. 1048a26, al. ; opp. ὕλη, ib. 1043a20; ἡ ὡς ἐ. οὐσία, 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.

ἡ, Wirksamkeit, Tätigkeit, Arist. Eth. 1.1, = πρᾶξις, den ἔργα selbst entgeggstzt, vgl. 1.7 ; κατ' ἐνέργειαν, im Ggstz von καθ' ἕξιν.

ἐνέργεια, -ας, ἡ
(< ἐνεργής), [in LXX: Wis.7:17, 26 13:4 18:22, 2Ma.3:29, 3Ma.4:21 3Mac 5:12 3Mac 5:28 * ;]
operative power (as distinct from δύναμις, potential power), working: of God, Eph.1:19 3:7 4:16, Php.3:21, Col.1:29 2:12; of Satan, 2Th.2:9 2:11 (cf. M, Th., l.with; AR, Eph., 241 ff.; Cremer, 261).†
(AS)