κύκλος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κύκλος
κύκλου
Structure:
κυκλ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- circle, ring
- Any circular object, such as a wheel
- A crowd of people
- marketplace
- circular movement
- sphere, globe
Declension
Second 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.
- ἀλλ’ ὑφίζανον κύκλοισ, ὅπωσ σίδηροσ ἐξολισθάνοι μάτην. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 1:4)
- τούτου δὲ καὶ Ἰσχόμαχοσ ὁ κῆρυξ ἐγένετο ζηλωτήσ, ὃσ ἐν τοῖσ κύκλοισ ἐποιεῖτο τὰσ μιμήσεισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 78 1:2)
- "ὅθεν ἡ σελήνη ταπεινὴ μὲν ἐμπεσοῦσα τοῖσ μεγίστοισ λαμβάνεται κύκλοισ ὑπ’ αὐτῆσ καὶ διαπερᾷ τὸ βύθιον καὶ σκοτωδέστατον ἄνω δ’ οἱο͂ν ἐν τενάγει διὰ λεπτότητα τοῦ σκιεροῦ χρανθεῖσα ταχέωσ ἀπαλλάττεται. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 20 5:17)
- "ἥ τε μεταλλαγὴ καὶ τὸ ποικίλον τοῦτο τῆσ φορᾶσ καὶ πεπλανημένον οὐκ ἀνωμαλίασ οὐδὲ ταραχῆσ ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ θαυμαστὴν ἐπιδείκνυνται τάξιν ἐν τούτοισ καὶ πορείαν οἱ ἀστρολόγοι, κύκλοισ τισὶ περὶ κύκλουσ ἑτέρουσ ἐξελιττομένοισ συνάγοντεσ αὐτὴν οἱ μὲν ἀτρεμοῦσαν, οἱ δὲ λείωσ καὶ ὁμαλῶσ ἀεὶ τάχεσι τοῖσ αὐτοῖσ ἀνθυποφερομένην· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 2511)
- ἐν δὲ τῷ παντὶ πέντε μὲν ζώναισ ὁ περὶ γῆν τόποσ, πέντε δὲ κύκλοισ ὁ οὐρανὸσ διώρισται, δυσὶν ἀρκτικοῖσ καὶ δυσὶ τροπικοῖσ καὶ μέσῳ τῷ ἰσημερινῷ· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 36 7:1)
Synonyms
-
circle
-
Any circular object
- ἄμπυξ (anything circular, a wheel)
-
circular movement
