ἀκινησία

akinesia

absence of motion

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Physics 3
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Book III 2
Chapter 2 201b16–202a12

202a4
202a5
Book V 1
Chapter 4 227b3–229a6

228b3
Metaphysics 2
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Book Α 1
Chapter 7 988a18–988b21

988b3
Book Η 1
Chapter 4 1044a15–1044b20

1044b19
Meteorology 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 3 339a33–341a36

340b18
Book II 1
Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

366b6
On Sleep 2
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Chapter 1 453b11–455a3

454b11
454b26
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 14 1154a8–1154b34

1154b27
History of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 19 550b22–552b25

552a26

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀκινησία, ἡ, A. absence of motion, Arist. Ph. 202a5, al.; stagnancy, Hp. Vict. 2.37; incapacity to move, Thphr. Fr. 11; failure of mobility, Epicur. Nat. 908.6; pause, intermission, of the pulse, Gal. 8.510, Aret. CA 2.3.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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