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ὑποκι_νέω ,
A.move softly or lightly, Ζεφύρου ὑποκινήσαντος (sc. τὸ κῦμα) Il.4.423 (better ὕπο κ., v. Sch. A), cf. Plu.2.596c, etc.:—Pass., of the apparent vibration of the moon, Ptol.Tetr.101.
2. metaph., urge gently on, so as to make him speak, Pl.Chrm.162d, Plu.Aem. 9; “ὑ. ἔγκλημα” Luc.Eun.13; cf. “κινέω” A. 11.2.
II. intr., move a little, οὐδεμία πόλις ἂν ὑπεκίνησε not a single city would have stirred a finger, Hdt.5.106, cf. Ar.Ra.644, X.Cyn.3.6; ἐπ᾽ ἐφέδρου ὅτι μὴ ὑποκινήσει on a chair which will not shake, Hp.Morb.2.47.
2. metaph., to be deranged in mind, “ὁ . . μαινόμενος καὶ ὑποκεκινηκώς” Pl. R.573c.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 644
    • Herodotus, Histories, 5.106
    • Plato, Republic, 573c
    • Plato, Charmides, 162d
    • Xenophon, On Hunting, 3.6
    • Homer, Iliad, 4.423
    • Plutarch, Aemilius Paullus, 9
    • Lucian, Eunuchus, 13
    • Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, 101
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