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εὐκινησίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐκινησίᾱ εὐκινησίας

Structure: εὐκινησι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. ease of motion, mobility, agility

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ξίφοσ δ’ οὐ φοροῦσιν οὐδὲ κράνοσ οὐδ’ ὅπλον οὐδὲν ἕτερον, στοχαζόμενοι τοῦ προτερεῖν ταῖσ εὐκινησίαισ ἐν τοῖσ διωγμοῖσ καὶ πάλιν ἐν ταῖσ ἀποχωρήσεσι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 49 4:3)
  • τῆσ γὰρ κατὰ τὴν τρυφὴν ῥᾳστώνησ πολὺ κεχωρισμένοι ἐλαφροὶ μὲν ταῖσ εὐκινησίαισ εἰσίν, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ πολεμικοῖσ ἀγῶσι ταῖσ ἀλκαῖσ διάφοροι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 20 1:4)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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