ἀκινησία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀκῑ́νητος (akī́nētos, “unmoved”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.nɛː.sí.aː/ → /a.ci.niˈsi.a/ → /a.ci.niˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ki.nɛː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ki.ne̝ˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ci.niˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ci.niˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ci.niˈsi.a/

Noun

ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱ • (akīnēsíā) f (genitive ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. quiescence, rest
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 5.17.11

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱ hē akīnēsíā	τὼ ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱ tṑ akīnēsíā	αἱ ἀκῑνησῐ́αι hai akīnēsíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱς tês akīnēsíās	τοῖν ἀκῑνησῐ́αιν toîn akīnēsíain	τῶν ἀκῑνησῐῶν tôn akīnēsiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾳ têi akīnēsíāi	τοῖν ἀκῑνησῐ́αιν toîn akīnēsíain	ταῖς ἀκῑνησῐ́αις taîs akīnēsíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱν tḕn akīnēsíān	τὼ ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱ tṑ akīnēsíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱς tā̀s akīnēsíās
Vocative	ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱ akīnēsíā	ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱ akīnēsíā	ἀκῑνησῐ́αι akīnēsíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: akinesia

References

• “ἀκινησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκινησία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκινησία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)