A.“κίνησα” Il.23.730, etc.:—Med. and Pass., fut. κινήσομαι (in pass. sense) Pl.Tht.182c, D.9.51, -ηθήσομαι Ar.Ra. 796, Pl.R.545d, etc.: aor. Med. (Ep.) “κινήσαντο” Opp.C.2.582: aor. Pass. ἐκινήθην, Ep.3pl. “ἐκίνηθεν” Il.16.280: (cf. κίω):—set in motion, ἄγε κινήσας, of Hermesleading the souls, Od.24.5; simply, move, “οὐδέ τι κινῆσαι μελέων ἦν” 8.298; “κ. θύρην” 22.394; “κ. κάρη” Il.17.442, etc.; “Ζέφυρος κ. λήϊον” 2.147; “κ. ὄμμα” S.Ph.866; “ναῦς ἐκίνησεν πόδα” E.Hec.940 (lyr.), etc.; σκληρὰ ἡ γῆ ἔσταικινεῖν, i.e. plough, X.Oec.16.11; κ. δόρυ, of a warrior about to attack, E.Andr.607; “κ. στρατιάν” Id.Rh.18 (anap.); “κ. ὅπλα” Th.1.82; κ. σκάφην rock a cradle, Phylarch.36 J.
b. in later Gr., set in motion a process of law, etc., PKlein.Form.405, etc.
2. remove a thing from its place, “ἀνδριάντα” Hdt.1.183; “γῆς ὅρια” Pl.Lg. 842e; κ. τι τῶν ἀκινήτων meddle with things sacred, Hdt.6.134, cf. S. Ant.1061, Th.4.98; κ. τὰ χρήματα ἐς ἄλλο τι apply them to an alien purpose, Id.2.24; “κ. τῶν χρημάτων” Id.1.143, 6.70; “κ. τὸ στρατόπεδον” X.An.6.4.27, etc. (κινεῖν alone, Plb.2.54.2, cf. LXX Ge.20.1, Plu.Dio 27); change, innovate, “νόμαια” Hdt.3.80; “τοὺς πατρίους νόμους” Arist. Pol.1268b28; “τῶν κειμένων νόμων” Zaleuc. ap. Stob.4.2.19:—Pass., “νόμιμα κινούμενα” Pl.Lg.797b; “ἰατρικὴ κινηθεῖσα παρὰ τὰ πάτρια” Arist. Pol.1268b35: so abs. in Act., change treatment, ib.1286a13.
3. Gramm., inflect, “τὰ ῥήματα ἐκίνει τὸ τέλος” A.D.Pron.104.15:—more usu. in Pass., κατὰ τὸ τέλος κινεῖσθαι ib.104.10.
4. alter a manuscript reading, Str.7.3.4.
II. disturb, of a wasps'nest, “τοὺς δ᾽ εἴ πέρ τις . . κινήσῃ ἀέκων” Il.16.264; arouse, “κ. τινὰ ἐξ ὕπνου” E.Ba.690; urge on, “φόβος κ. τινά” A.Ch.289; φυγάδα πρόδρομον κινήσασα having driven him in headlong flight, S.Ant.109 (lyr.); κ. ἐπιρρόθοις κακοῖσιν attack, assail, ib.413; “μήτηρ κ. κραδίαν, κ. δὲ χόλον” E.Med.99 (anap.); “ἐάν με κινῇς καὶ ποιήσῃς τὴν χολὴν . . ζέσαι” Anaxipp.2; κ. τινά incite or stir one up to speak, Pl.R.329e, Ly.223a, X.Mem.4.2.2; κ. τὰ πολλὰ καὶ ἄτοπα stir up . . questions, Pl.Tht.163a; call in question an assumption, “τὰ μέγιστα κ. τῶν μαθηματικῶν” Arist.Cael.271b11, cf. Phld.Sign.27; “κ. τὸ τὰ ἄκρα . . ἀνταίρειν” Str.2.1.12, cf. Plot.2.1.6; “ὁ κινῶν [τὰ φαινόμενα] λόγος” S.E.M.8.360:—Pass., S.OC1526; κινεῖται γὰρ εὐθύς μοι χολή my bile is stirred, Pherecr.69.5; “κεκινῆσθαι πρός τι” X.Oec.8.1.
2. set going, cause, call forth, “φθέγματα” S.El.18; “πατρὸς στόμα” Id.OC 1276; “μῦθον” E.El.302; “λόγον περί τινος” Pl.R.450a; “πάντα κ. λόγον” Id.Phlb.15e; “κ. ὀδύνην” S.Tr.974 (anap.); “κακά” Id.OT636; “πάθος” Phld. Mus.p.4 K.; πόλεμον, πολέμους, Th.6.34, Pl.R.566e; “Ἐμπεδοκλέα . . πρῶτον ῥητορικὴν κεκινηκέναι” Arist.Fr.65.
4. sens. obsc., “κ. γυναῖκα” Eup.233.3 (nisileg. ἐβίνουν), cf.Ar.Ach.1052 (v.l.), Eq.364, Nu.1103 (lyr., Pass.), al., AP11.7 (Nicander); “κ. τὰ σκέλεα” Herod.5.2.
5. phrases: κ. πᾶν χρῆμα turn every stone, try every way, Hdt.5.96; μὴ κ. εὖ κείμενον 'let sleeping dogs lie', Pl.Phlb.15c; μὴ κίνει Καμάριναν, ἀκίνητος γὰρ ἀμείνων Orac. ap. St.Byz.; κινεῦντα μηδὲ κάρφος 'not stirring a finger', Herod.3.67, cf. 1.55; “μηδ᾽ ὀδόντα κινῆσαι” Id.3.49; κ. τὸν ἀπ᾽ ἴρας πύματον λίθον 'play the last card', Alc.82 (s.v.l.).
B. Pass., to be put in motion, go, Il.1.47; <κι>νηθεὶς ἐπῄει dub. in Pi.Fr.101: generally, to be moved, stir, κινήθη ἀγορή, ἐκίνηθεν φάλαγγες, Il.2.144, 16.280; of an earthquake, “Δῆλος ἐκινήθη” Hdt.6.98, Th.2.8; “θύελλα κινηθεῖσα” S.OC1660; τί κεκίνηται; what motion is this? E.Andr.1226 (anap.); κινεῖσθαι, opp. ἑστάναι, motion, opp. rest, Pl. Sph.250b, etc.; ὥσπερ χορδαὶ ἐν λύρᾳ συμπαθῶς κινηθεῖσαι vibrating in unison, Plot.4.4.8.
2. of persons, to be moved, stirred, ὁ κεκινημένος one who is agitated, excited, Pl.Phdr.245b, cf. Vett.Val.45.25, al.; “κ. παθητικῶς” Phld.Rh.1.193 S.
3. of dancing, “κ. τῷ σώματι” Pl.Lg.656a.
4. move forward, of soldiers, S.OC1371, E.Rh.139, Ph.107; but κ. ἐκ τῆς τάξεως leave the ranks, X.HG2.1.22.
6. κεκινημένος περί τι, Lat. versatus in . . , Pl.Lg.908d.