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κίνησις

κίνησις, movement, motion

κίνησις [ῑ], εως, ἡ,
  • motion, opp. rest (στάσις), Pl. Sph. 250a; opp. ἠρεμία, Arist. Ph. 202a5, etc.
      • 2 in Cyrenaic philos., λεία κ., = ἡδονή, τραχεῖα κ., = πόνος, D.L. 2.86; also αἱ διὰ μορφῆς κατʼ ὄψιν ἡδεῖαι κ. Epicur. Fr. 67; αἱ κ. αἱ ἀνθρωπικαί human emotions, Arr. Epict. 2.20.19.
      • 3 dance, Ἄρεος κίνασις (sic) Tyrt. 16, cf. Luc. Salt. 63, Ephes. 2 No.71; τραγικὴ ἔνρυθμος κ. Inscr.Magn. 165.
      • 4 movement, in a political sense, ἐν κ. εἶναι Th. 3.75, cf. Plb. 3.4.12; ἡ κ. ἡ Ἰουδαϊκή the Jewish revolt, OGI 543.15 (Ancyra, ii A.D.); of the Peloponn. war, Th. 1.1.
      • 5 change, revolution, κινήσεις πολιτείας Arist. Pol. 1268b25.
      • 6 movement of an army, Plb. 10.23.1 (pl.); πολεμικαὶ κ. Ael. Tact. 3.4, cf. Arr. Tact. 20.1.
        • b removal, change of abode, Vett.Val. 97.17 (pl.), al.
      • 7 Gramm., inflexion, τοῦ ζῆμι κ. οὐχ εὕρηται EM 410.38.
      • 8 in Law, punitive action, βασιλικὴ κ. Cod.Just. 1.3.43.10, cf. 10.27.2.7; also, setting a process in motion, PLond. 5.1663.13 (vi A.D.).

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