- ἐναργής
- ἐναργής, -έςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `clear, visible, recognizable, living' (Il.); on the meaning Mülder RhM 79, 29ff.Derivatives: ἐνάργεια `clearness' (Pl., hell.), ἐνάργημα `outward appearance', also in plur. -ήματα `recognizable facts' (hell.; cf. Chantr. Form. 190); ἐναργότης (Poll.); also ἐναργώδης (Aret.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [64] *h₂erǵ- `shining, white'Etymology: Formations like ἐν-τελής to τέλος demonstrate for ἐν-αργής as 2. member an σ-stem *ἄργος `shining', which is also found in ἀργεστής and ἀργεννός (s. 1. ἀργός and Schwyzer 512). Further difficult, but prob. a bahuvrihi with adverbial 1. member: `with ἄργος, with shining'. Strömberg Prefix Studies 118f.; diss. Sommer Nominalkomp. 108. S. also Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 143, Specht Ursprung 345.Page in Frisk: 1,510
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.