ἐνεργ-έω,
to be in action or activity, operate, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1411b26; εὐδαίμων ὁ κατ᾽ ἀρετὴν τελείαν -ῶν [prev. author] “EN” 1101a15: with _accusative_, ἐνεργεῖς ποσὸν καὶ δυάδα 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.6.16 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially of divine or supernatural action, frequently in NT., τινί, ἔν τινι, [[ NT.Gal.2.8, NT.Matt.14.2 ] NT]:—middle, [[ NT.Rom.7.5, +others ] NT]
__2 to be efficacious, of drugs, [[ Diocl.fragment 147, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.98, +others; ἐοικότα ἐ. [prev. work]106; ἐνήργησε τὸ φάρμακον 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.1.22 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; to be effective, of troops, ταῖς σαρίσαις [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 14.6 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, to be the object of action, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 427a7, “Ph.” 195b28; ὁ ἐνεργούμενος λίθος “IG” 7.3073.108 (Lebad.)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, to be actualized, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.7.11. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II transitive, effect, execute, πάντα κατὰ δύναμιν [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.14.8; τὰ τοῦ πολέμου [prev. author] 7.5.8; χρείαν 2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 14.2, compare 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1st c.AD: Quintilianus Rhetor Latinus 2.9] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be actively carried on, ὁ πόλεμος ἐνηργεῖτο [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.13.5, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.95; τὰ κατὰ πρόθεσιν ἐνεργούμενα ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]things executed, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.12.7; μηδὲν ἐνέργημα.. ἐνεργείσθω 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 4.2. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]