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κύκλος a ring, circle, round, Hom.; ἀσπίδος κύκλος the round shield, Aesch. Adverbial usages, κύκλῳ in a circle or ring, round about, Od., Hdt., Attic; c. gen., κ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου Xen., etc. any circular body: a wheel, Il. a place of assembly, the ἀγορά, Il., Attic:—then, like Lat. corona, a ring or circle of people, Soph., Xen. the vault of the sky, Hdt., Soph., etc. the orb or disk of the sun and moon, Hdt., Trag. the wall round a city, esp. round Athens, Hdt., Thuc., etc. a round shield, v. supr. 1. 1. in pl. the eye-balls, eyes, Soph.:—rarely in sg., the eye, Soph. any circular motion, an orbit of the heavenly bodies, revolution of the seasons, cycle of events, Hdt., Eur. a circular dance, Ar.

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a ring, circle, round

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κυκλος

IDX:

18906

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n18925

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ku/klos

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