ἐντελέχεια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Coined by Aristotle from ἐντελής (entelḗs, “complete, full, accomplished”) + ἔχειν (ékhein, “have, hold”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /en.te.lé.kʰeː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛn.tɛˈlɛ.kʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /en.teˈle.xi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /en.teˈle.çi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /en.deˈle.çi.a/
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἐντελέχειᾰ hē entelékheia |
τὼ ἐντελεχείᾱ tṑ entelekheíā |
αἱ ἐντελέχειαι hai entelékheiai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐντελεχείᾱς tês entelekheíās |
τοῖν ἐντελεχείαιν toîn entelekheíain |
τῶν ἐντελεχειῶν tôn entelekheiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐντελεχείᾳ têi entelekheíāi |
τοῖν ἐντελεχείαιν toîn entelekheíain |
ταῖς ἐντελεχείαις taîs entelekheíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἐντελέχειᾰν tḕn entelékheian |
τὼ ἐντελεχείᾱ tṑ entelekheíā |
τᾱ̀ς ἐντελεχείᾱς tā̀s entelekheíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐντελέχειᾰ entelékheia |
ἐντελεχείᾱ entelekheíā |
ἐντελέχειαι entelékheiai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Azerbaijani: entelexiya
- Basque: entelekia
- Czech: entelechie
- Danish: enteleki
- Dutch: entelechie
- English: entelechy
- Esperanto: entelekio
- Estonian: entelehhia
- Finnish: entelekia
- French: entéléchie
- German: Entelechie
- Greek: εντελέχεια (entelécheia)
- Italian: entelechia
- Polish: entelechia
- Portuguese: entelequia
- Romanian: entelehie
- Russian: энтеле́хия f (enteléxija)
- Slovak: entelechia
- Spanish: entelequia
- Swedish: enteleki
- Ukrainian: ентелехія (entelexija)
Further reading
- ἐντελέχεια in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐντελέχεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐντελέχεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
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