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κῑνέω,
aorist ἐκίνησα, Epic dialect κίνησα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.730, etc.:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle and passive, future κινήσομαι (in passive sense) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 182c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.51, -ηθήσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 796, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 545d ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: aorist middle (Epic dialect) κινήσαντο [[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 2.582 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]: aorist passive ἐκινήθην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐκίνηθεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.280: (compare κίω)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—set in motion, ἄγε κινήσας, of Hermes leading the souls, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.5 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply, move, οὐδέ τι κινῆσαι μελέων ἦν [[ 8.298; κ. θύρην 22.394; κ. κάρη 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.442, etc.; Ζέφυρος κ. λήϊον 2.147; κ. ὄμμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 866; ναῦς ἐκίνησεν πόδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 940 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; σκληρὰ ἡ γῆ ἔσται κινεῖν, i.e. plough, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 16.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. δόρυ, of a warrior about to attack, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 607; κ. στρατιάν [prev. author] “Rh.” 18 (_anapaest meter_); κ. ὅπλα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.82 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. σκάφην rock a cradle, [[ 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 36 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__b in later Gr., set in motion a process of law, etc., [[ “PKlein.Form.” 405, etc. ] Refs]
__2 remove a thing from its place, ἀνδριάντα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.183; γῆς ὅρια 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 842e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τι τῶν ἀκινήτων meddle with things sacred, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.134, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1061, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.98 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὰ χρήματα ἐς ἄλλο τι apply them to an alien purpose, [[ [prev. author] 2.24; κ. τῶν χρημάτων [prev. author] 1.143, 6.70; κ. τὸ στρατόπεδον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.27, etc. (κινεῖν alone, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.54.2, cf. LXX.Gen.20.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 27)] LXX+5th c.BC+]; change, innovate, νόμαια [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80; τοὺς πατρίους νόμους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1268b28; τῶν κειμένων νόμων 7th c.BC: Zaleucus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.2.19] Refs 7th c.BC+]:—passive, νόμιμα κινούμενα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 797b; ἰατρικὴ κινηθεῖσα παρὰ τὰ πάτρια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1268b35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: so absolutely in active, change treatment, [[[prev. work] 1286a13. ] Refs]
__3 Grammars, inflect, τὰ ῥήματα ἐκίνει τὸ τέλος [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 104.15:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —more usually in passive, κατὰ τὸ τέλος κινεῖσθαι[[ [prev. work] 104.10. ] Refs]
__4 alter a manuscript reading, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 7.3.4. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II disturb, of a wasps' nest, τοὺς δ᾽ εἴ πέρ τις.. κινήσῃ ἀέκων [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.264 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; arouse, κ. τινὰ ἐξ ὕπνου [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 690 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; urge on, φόβος κ. τινά [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 289 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; φυγάδα πρόδρομον κινήσασα having driven him in headlong flight, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 109 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐπιρρόθοις κακοῖσιν attack, assail,[[ [prev. work] 413; μήτηρ κ. κραδίαν, κ. δὲ χόλον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 99 (_anapaest meter_); ἐάν με κινῇς καὶ ποιήσῃς τὴν χολὴν.. ζέσαι 4th c.BC: Anaxippus Comicus 2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τινά incite or stir one up to speak, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 329e, “Ly.” 223a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὰ πολλὰ καὶ ἄτοπα stir up.. questions, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 163a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; call in question an assumption, τὰ μέγιστα κ. τῶν μαθηματικῶν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 271b11, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 27; κ. τὸ τὰ ἄκρα.. ἀνταίρειν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.1.12, compare 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.1.6; ὁ κινῶν [τὰ φαινόμενα] λόγος 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.360 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1526 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κινεῖται γὰρ εὐθύς μοι χολή my bile is stirred, [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 69.5; κεκινῆσθαι πρός τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 set going, cause, call forth, φθέγματα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 18; πατρὸς στόμα [prev. author] “OC” 1276; μῦθον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 302; λόγον περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 450a; πάντα κ. λόγον [prev. author] “Phlb.” 15e; κ. ὀδύνην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 974 (_anapaest meter_); κακά [prev. author] “OT” 636; πάθος 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] K.; πόλεμον, πολέμους, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 566e; Ἐμπεδοκλέα.. πρῶτον ῥητορικὴν κεκινηκέναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 65.] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 in Medicine texts, [[κ. οὔρησιν, οὖρα, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.109, 127; κοιλίαν [prev. work]6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 obscene meaning, κ. γυναῖκα [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 233.3 (nisi to be read ἐβίνουν),compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1052 (variant), “Eq.” 364, “Nu.” 1103 (Lyric poetry, _passive_), +others, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.7 (from Nicander)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὰ σκέλεα [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.2. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.5 phrases: κ. πᾶν χρῆμα turn every stone, try every way, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.96 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ κ. εὖ κείμενον 'let sleeping dogs lie', [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 15c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ κίνει Καμάριναν, ἀκίνητος γὰρ ἀμείνων Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; κινεῦντα μηδὲ κάρφος 'not stirring a finger', [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.67, compare 1.55; μηδ᾽ ὀδόντα κινῆσαι [prev. author] 3.49 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κ. τὸν ἀπ᾽ ἴρας πύματον λίθον 'play the last card', [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 82 (assuming variant). ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__II.6 in Law, πολιτικῶς κ. κατά τινος employ civil action against, [[ “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 4.20.13.1. ] Refs]
__B passive, to be put in motion, go, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.47 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; <κι>νηθεὶς ἐπῄει uncertain in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 101 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, to be moved, stir, κινήθη ἀγορή, ἐκίνηθεν φάλαγγες, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.144, 16.280 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an earthquake, Δῆλος ἐκινήθη [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.98, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.8; θύελλα κινηθεῖσα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1660 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί κεκίνητα; what motion is this? [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1226 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κινεῖσθαι, opposed to ἑστάναι, motion, opposed to rest, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 250b, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ χορδαὶ ἐν λύρᾳ συμπαθῶς κινηθεῖσαι vibrating in unison, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.4.8. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__B.2 of persons, to be moved, stirred, ὁ κεκινημένος one who is agitated, excited, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 245b, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 45.25, +others; κ. παθητικῶς 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.193 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.3 of dancing, κ. τῷ σώματι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 656a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.4 move forward, of soldiers, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1371, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 139, “Ph.” 107 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but κ. ἐκ τῆς τάξεως leave the ranks, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.5 to be disturbed or in rebellion, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 39.54, 42.15, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.6 κεκινημένος περί τι, Latin versatus in.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 908d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
