κύκλος
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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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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