Ancient Greek

Noun

κύκλος • ‎(kúklos) m ‎(genitive κύκλου); second declension

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

Inflection

There also exists an irregular plural: κύκλα

Descendants

• Latin: cyclus
  • French: cycle
• Russian: цикл m ‎(cikl)

References

• κύκλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κύκλος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κύκλος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «κύκλος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «κύκλος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• κύκλος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G2945”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • arch idem, page 38.
  • area idem, page 39.
  • ball idem, page 60.
  • bow idem, page 91.
  • buckler idem, page 102.
  • circle idem, page 132.
  • circuit idem, page 132.
  • circumference idem, page 132.
  • compass idem, page 150.
  • cycle idem, page 193.
  • disc idem, page 228.
  • disk idem, page 234.
  • expanse idem, page 292.
  • eye idem, page 299.
  • globe idem, page 362.
  • hoop idem, page 405.
  • orb idem, page 578.
  • period idem, page 606.
  • precincts idem, page 633.
  • radius idem, page 668.
  • revolution idem, page 711.
  • ring idem, page 716.
  • round idem, page 722.
  • shield idem, page 765.
  • span idem, page 797.
  • sphere idem, page 801.
  • stretch idem, page 825.
  • tract idem, page 885.
  • vault idem, page 945.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

κύκλος • ‎(kýklos) m ‎(plural κύκλοι)

1. (geometry) circle
2. period, cycle
3. series, cycle
4. clique, coterie, circle, set (of people)
5. (sports) circuit, course, track
6. (education) course
7. (business) turnover

Declension

Derived terms

• γιγάκυκλος ‎(gigákyklos, “gigacycle”)
• ημικύκλιο n ‎(imikýklio, “semicircle”)
• φαύλος κύκλος m ‎(fávlos kýklos, “vicious circle”)

Coordinate terms

• see: δακτύλιος m ‎(daktýlios, “circle, ring”) for a list of other rings and circles'