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κίνησις

kinesis

motion

Appears 163 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κίνησις [ῑ], εως, ἡ, A. 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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