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.
- ἀλλ̓ ἢ πῦρ ἢ πνεῦμα ἢ ταχινὸν ἀέρα ἢ κύκλον ἄστρων ἢ βίαιον ὕδωρ ἢ φωστῆρασ οὐρανοῦ πρυτάνεισ κόσμου θεοὺσ ἐνόμισαν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 13:2)
- τοῖοσ Ἑλλάνων δι’ ἀπείρονα κύκλον φαῖνε θαυμαστὸν δέμασ, δισκὸν τροχοειδέα ῥίπτων, καὶ μελαμφύλλου κλάδον ἀκτέασ ἐσ αἰπεινὰν προπέμπων αἰθέρ’ ἐκ χειρὸσ βοὰν ὤτρυνε λαῶν, ἢ τελευταίασ ἀμάρυγμα πάλασ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 4:2)
- ὡσ οὔποτ’ αὖθισ, ἀλλὰ νῦν πανύστατον ἀκτῖνα κύκλον θ’ ἡλίου προσόψομαι. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 5:7)
- ἐπελάσαντεσ δὲ ἐπ̓ εὐθύ, ἐγκλίνουσιν αὖ ἐσ τὰ πλάγια ὡσ ἐσ κύκλον ἐπιστρέφοντεσ. (Arrian, chapter 36 6:1)
- καὶ ἐπειδὰν πελάσωσι τῷ βήματι παριππεύοντεσ, ἐσ κύκλον μὲν ἐπέστρεψαν τὸν ἵππον, ἔτι δὲ ἐν τῇ ἐπιστροφῇ αὐτοῦ ἔχοντεσ ἐπὶ τὸ πέρασ τοῦ πεδίου λοξὸν ἠκόντισαν, καὶ τοῦτο ὡσ ἐπὶ μή κιστόν τε καὶ ὡσ μάλιστα κραδαινόμενον χρὴ ἐξικέσθαι. (Arrian, chapter 39 3:1)
Synonyms
-
circle
-
Any circular object
- ἄμπυξ (anything circular, a wheel)
-
circular movement
