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ἀκίνητος κινέω

I.unmoved, motionless, of Delos, Orac. ap. Hdt.; ἐξ ἀκινήτου ποδός without stirring a step, Soph.
2.idle, sluggish, Ar.
3.unmoved, unaltered, of laws, Thuc., etc.
II.immovable, hard to move, Plat., Luc.:—adv., ἀκινήτως ἔχειν to be immovable, Plat., etc.
2.not to be stirred or touched, inviolate, Lat. non movendus, τάφος Hdt.: proverb. of sacred things, κινεῖν τὰ ἀκίνητα id=Hdt.; also τἀκίνητα φράσαι Soph.
3.of persons, not to be shaken, steadfast, stubborn, id=Soph.

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