1. unmoved, motionless , of Delos, (Oracle quoted in Herdotus Historicus); ἐξ ἀκινήτου ποδός without stirring a step, (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. idle, sluggish , (Aristophanes Comicus) 3. unmoved, unaltered , of laws, (Thucydides), etc. 4. immovable, hard to move , (Plato Philosophus):—;adverb, ἀκινήτως ἔχειν to be immovable , (Plato Philosophus), etc. 5. not to be stirred or touched, inviolate , Lat. non movendus, τάφος (Herdotus Historicus): proverbial of sacred things, κινεῖν τὰ ἀκίνητα (Herdotus Historicus); also τἀκίνητα φράσαι (Sophocles Tragicus) 6. of persons, not to be shaken, steadfast, stubborn , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)