ἀκινησία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀκῑ́νητος (akī́nētos, “unmoved”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, 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 • (akīnēsĭ́ā) 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 akīnēsĭ́ā	τὼ ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱ tṑ akīnēsĭ́ā	αἱ ἀκῑνησῐ́αι hai akīnēsĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱς tês akīnēsĭ́ās	τοῖν ἀκῑνησῐ́αιν toîn akīnēsĭ́ain	τῶν ἀκῑνησῐῶν tôn akīnēsĭôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾳ têi akīnēsĭ́āi	τοῖν ἀκῑνησῐ́αιν toîn akīnēsĭ́ain	ταῖς ἀκῑνησῐ́αις taîs akīnēsĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱν tḕn akīnēsĭ́ān	τὼ ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱ tṑ akīnēsĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱς tā̀s akīnēsĭ́ās
Vocative	ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱ akīnēsĭ́ā	ἀκῑνησῐ́ᾱ akīnēsĭ́ā	ἀκῑνησῐ́αι akīnēsĭ́ai
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 (2006–2025)