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ἐγκύησις
ἐγκυητήριον
ἐγκυκάω
ἐγκυκλέομαι
ἐγκύκληθρον
ἐγκύκλημα
ἐγκυκλίζω
ἐγκύκλιος
ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία
ἔγκυκλος
ἐγκυκλόω
ἐγκύκλωσις
ἐγκυλίδωτος
ἐγκυλίνδησις
ἐγκυλίνδω
ἐγκύλισμα
ἐγκυλισμός
ἐγκύματος
ἐγκυμονέω
ἐγκύμων
ἐγκυοποιέω
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ἐγκυκλόω
ἐγκυκλ-όω,
A). move round in a circle, ὀφθαλμόν E. IT 76 .
II). surround, Str. 2.5.24 :—more freq. in Med. with pf. part. Pass., encompass, encircle, τοῦ χθόν’ ἐγκυκλουμένου αἰθέρος E. Ba. 292 , cf. Ar. V. 699 ; φωνή μέ τις ἐγκεκύκλωται a voice has echoed around me, ib. 395 ; surround, hem in, Plu. Marc. 6 , etc.; of rivers or mountains, Str. 2.1.36 , D.C. 49.37 : Pass., to be surrounded, Id. 56.12 (s. v.l.).
2). in late Prose, wander, roam about, ἐγκυκλωθῆναι Σικελίαν D.S. 4.23 , etc.


ShortDef

to move round in a circle

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Headword:
ἐγκυκλόω
Headword (normalized):
ἐγκυκλόω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
εγκυκλοω
IDX:
30462
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-30463
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἐγκυκλ-όω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">move round in a circle</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὀφθαλμόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 76 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">surround</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:5:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:5:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 2.5.24 </a>:—more freq. in Med. with pf. part. Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">encompass, encircle</span>, <span class="quote greek">τοῦ χθόν’ ἐγκυκλουμένου αἰθέρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:292" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:292/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 292 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:699" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:699/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 699 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">φωνή μέ τις ἐγκεκύκλωται</span> a voice <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">has echoed around</span> me, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:395" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:395/canonical-url/"> 395 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">surround, hem in</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg022:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg022:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Marc.</span> 6 </a>, etc.; of rivers or mountains, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:1:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:1:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 2.1.36 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:49:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:49.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> 49.37 </a>: Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be surrounded</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:56:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:56.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 56.12 </a> (s. v.l.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in late Prose, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wander, roam about</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐγκυκλωθῆναι Σικελίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 4.23 </a> , etc.</div> </div><br><br>'}