ἀκίνητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ κῑνητός (kīnētós, “moving”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kǐː.nɛː.tos/ → /aˈci.ni.tos/ → /aˈci.ni.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kǐː.nɛː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈki.ne̝.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈci.ni.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈci.ni.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈci.ni.tos/

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Adjective

ἀκῑ́νητος • (akī́nētos) m or f (neuter ἀκῑ́νητον); second declension

1. unmoved, motionless
   1. idle, sluggish
   2. unmoved, unaltered
2. immovable, hard to move
   1. not to be stirred, inviolate
   2. not to be shaken, steadfast (of persons)
   3. unalterable
   4. inseparable from

Inflection

Second declension of ἀκῑ́νητος; ἀκῑ́νητον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀκῑ́νητος akī́nētos	ἀκῑ́νητον akī́nēton		ἀκῑνήτω akīnḗtō	ἀκῑνήτω akīnḗtō		ἀκῑ́νητοι akī́nētoi	ἀκῑ́νητᾰ akī́nētă
Genitive		ἀκῑνήτου akīnḗtou	ἀκῑνήτου akīnḗtou		ἀκῑνήτοιν akīnḗtoin	ἀκῑνήτοιν akīnḗtoin		ἀκῑνήτων akīnḗtōn	ἀκῑνήτων akīnḗtōn
Dative		ἀκῑνήτῳ akīnḗtōi	ἀκῑνήτῳ akīnḗtōi		ἀκῑνήτοιν akīnḗtoin	ἀκῑνήτοιν akīnḗtoin		ἀκῑνήτοις akīnḗtois	ἀκῑνήτοις akīnḗtois
Accusative		ἀκῑ́νητον akī́nēton	ἀκῑ́νητον akī́nēton		ἀκῑνήτω akīnḗtō	ἀκῑνήτω akīnḗtō		ἀκῑνήτους akīnḗtous	ἀκῑ́νητᾰ akī́nētă
Vocative		ἀκῑ́νητε akī́nēte	ἀκῑ́νητον akī́nēton		ἀκῑνήτω akīnḗtō	ἀκῑνήτω akīnḗtō		ἀκῑ́νητοι akī́nētoi	ἀκῑ́νητᾰ akī́nētă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀκῑνήτως akīnḗtōs			ἀκῑνητότερος akīnētóteros			ἀκῑνητότᾰτος akīnētótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• →⇒ Translingual: Acinetobacter

Further reading

• “ἀκίνητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press