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κύκλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κύκλος κύκλου

Structure: κυκλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. circle, ring
  2. Any circular object, such as a wheel
  3. A crowd of people
  4. marketplace
  5. circular movement
  6. 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.

Examples

  • καὶ ἔστη ὁ ἀγρὸσ Ἐφρών, ὃσ ἦν ἐν τῷ διπλῷ σπηλαίῳ, ὅσ ἐστι κατὰ πρόσωπον Μαμβρῆ, ὁ ἀγρὸσ καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον, ὃ ἦν ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ πᾶν δένδρον, ὃ ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, καὶ πᾶν ὅ ἐστιν ἐν τοῖσ ὁρίοισ αὐτοῦ κύκλῳ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:17)
  • καὶ ἐξῇρεν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ Σικίμων, καὶ ἐγένετο φόβοσ Θεοῦ ἐπὶ τὰσ πόλεισ τὰσ κύκλῳ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ κατεδίωξαν ὀπίσω τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 35:5)
  • καὶ συνήγαγε πάντα τὰ βρώματα τῶν ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν, ἐν οἷσ ἦν ἡ εὐθυνία ἐν τῇ γῇ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἔθηκε τὰ βρώματα ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσι, βρώματα τῶν πεδίων τῆσ πόλεωσ τῶν κύκλῳ αὐτῆσ ἔθηκεν ἐν αὐτῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:48)
  • ὤρυξαν δὲ πάντεσ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι κύκλῳ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ὥστε πιεῖν ὕδωρ, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο πιεῖν ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 7:24)
  • ἐγένετο δὲ ἑσπέρα, καὶ ἀνέβη ὀρτυγομήτρα καὶ ἐκάλυψε τὴν παρεμβολήν. τὸ πρωί̈ ἐγένετο καταπαυομένησ τῆσ δρόσου κύκλῳ τῆσ παρεμβολῆς (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 16:13)

Synonyms

  1. circle

  2. Any circular object

  3. circular movement

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