Ἀκινησία

inactivity

Translated by Jennifer Benedict7 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 23 words

[Meaning] rest.¹
"And the horses he ordered [them] to drive out, so that their numbness from the voyage, from inactivity, might be ended".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀκινησία· ἠρεμία. καὶ τοὺς ἵππους ἐξελαύνειν προσέταξεν, ὡς διαλύοιτο αὐτοῖς τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ παράπλου νεναρκηκὸς ὑπὸ ἀκινησίας.

Betacode

*)akinhsi/a: h)remi/a. kai\ tou\s i(/ppous e)celau/nein prose/tacen, w(s dialu/oito au)toi=s to\ u(po\ tou= para/plou nenarkhko\s u(po\ a)kinhsi/as.

Notes (2)

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras.
1cf. eta 493. ↩
2Arrian, Parthica fr. 65. ↩

Linked from1 entry

η493Ἠρεμίαstillness, quietBeing a kind of non-trembling [a)tremi/a], by privation of trembling [tre/mein], like a)kinhsi/a ["lack of motion"].

Neighbouring entries

α884Ἀκινδυνίunhazardously α885Ἀκίναιδαunlustful α886Ἀκινησίαinactivity α887ἈκινητίζωI am immovable, I am at rest α888Ἀκίνητα κινεῖνto move the unmoveable

Revision history5 revisions · last 11 May 2015

11 May 2015Revised — David Whitehead
26 Jan 2012another note; tweaks — David Whitehead
23 Feb 2011more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
18 Oct 2006added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
7 Nov 2000modified translation; added note and keywords — David Whitehead
7 Nov 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict