κύκλος, ὁ
(
Doric dialect ἁ, see below 11.11), also with irregular
plural κύκλα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
ring, circle, ὅπποτέ μιν δόλιον περὶ κύκλον ἄγωσιν, of the
circle which hunters draw round their game, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. δέκα χάλκεοι (concentric)
circles of brass on a round shield, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἀσπίδος κύκλον λέγω the round shield itself, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2 Adverbial usages, κύκλῳ
in a circle or
ring, round about, κ. ἁπάντῃ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ κ. περιφορά, κίνησις, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] or words compounded there with,
round about, κ. πέριξ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so κ. περὶ αὐτήν
round about it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also κύκλῳ with
accusative, without περί, ἐπιστήσαντες κ. σῆμα [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.:
metaphorically,
around or
from all sides, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κεντουμένη κύκλῳ ἡ ψυχή
all over, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ κ. the
circumstances, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ κ. ἀπόδειξις, of arguing
in a circle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II any circular body:
II.1 wheel, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοὺς λίθους ἀνατιθεῖσι ἐπὶ τὰ κύκλα on the
janker, [
Refs]
II.2 trencher, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3 place of assembly, of the ἀγορά, ἱερὸς κ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγορᾶς κ. (compare κυκλόεις) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the
amphitheatre, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3.b crowd of people standing round, ring or
circle of people, κ. τυραννικός [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κύκλα χαλκέων ὅπλων, i.e. of armed men, uncertain in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3.c place in the ἀγορά
where domestic utensils were sold, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.4 vault of the sky, ὁ κ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ [
LXX+5th c.BC+]; γαλαξίας κ. the milky way, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4.b μέγιστος κ. great
circle, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. ἰσημερινός, θερινός, etc., [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἀρκτικός, ἀνταρκτικός, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ὁρίζων κ. the horizon, [
Refs]; παράλληλοι κ., of
parallels of latitude, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: in
plural,
the zones, [
Refs]
II.5 orb, disk of the sun and moon, ἡλίου κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ οὐ πλήρεος ἐόντος τοῦ κύκλου (i.e. τῆς σελήνης) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in
plural,
the heavenly bodies, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.6 circle or
wall round a city, especially round Athens, ὁ Ἀθηνέων κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6.b circular fort, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.7 round shield, see entry [near the start]
II.8 in
plural,
eye-balls, eyes, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely in
singular,
eye, ὁ αἰὲν ὁρῶν κ. Διός [
Refs]
II.9 οἱ κ. τοῦ προσώπου
cheeks, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but κύκλος μαζοῦ,
poetry for μαζός, is
falsa lectio in [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II.10 κ. ἐλαίης an olive
wreath, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
II.11 cycle or
collection of legends or
poems, κύκλον ἱστορημέναν ὑπὲρ Κρήτας [
Refs]; especially of
the Epic cycle, ὁ ἐπικὸς κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the corpus of legends compiled by Dionysius Scytobrachion, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. ἐπιγραμμάτων Suid. see at Ἀγαθίας;[
Refs]
III circular motion, orbit of the heavenly bodies, κύκλον ἰέναι [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
revolution of the seasons, ἐνιαυτοῦ κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν ἐνιαύσιον κ. the yearly
cycle,[
Refs]; μυρία κύκλα ζώειν, i.e.
years, [
Refs 6th c.AD+] human affairs revolve in
cycles, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κύκλου ἐξέπταν, i.e. from the
cycle of rebirths, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
III.b ἐν τοῖς κ. εἶναι to be in
train, of an affair, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III.2 circular dance (compare κύκλιος), χωρεῖτε νῦν ἱερὸν ἀνὰ κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3 in Rhet.,
a rounded period, περιόδου κύκλος [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.3.b period which begins and ends with the same word, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III.4 in Metre, a kind of
anapaest, variant forκυκλικός in [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
IV sphere, globe, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], but frequently long by position in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
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