ἡμικύκλιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἡμῐ́κῠκλος (hēmíkuklos)

Etymology

From ἡμῐ- (hēmi-, “half, semi-”) +‎ κῠ́κλος (kúklos, “ring, circle”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios, “adjectival suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.mi.ký.kli.os/ → /i.miˈcy.kli.os/ → /i.miˈci.kli.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.mi.ký.kli.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.miˈky.kli.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.miˈcy.kli.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.miˈcy.kli.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.miˈci.kli.os/

Adjective

ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐος • (hēmikúklios) m or f (neuter ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον); second declension

1. semicircular

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Inflection

Second declension of ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐος; ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐος hēmikúklios	ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον hēmikúklion		ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω hēmikuklíō	ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω hēmikuklíō		ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐοι hēmikúklioi	ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐᾰ hēmikúklia
Genitive		ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ου hēmikuklíou	ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ου hēmikuklíou		ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οιν hēmikuklíoin	ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οιν hēmikuklíoin		ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ων hēmikuklíōn	ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ων hēmikuklíōn
Dative		ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ῳ hēmikuklíōi	ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ῳ hēmikuklíōi		ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οιν hēmikuklíoin	ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οιν hēmikuklíoin		ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οις hēmikuklíois	ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οις hēmikuklíois
Accusative		ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον hēmikúklion	ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον hēmikúklion		ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω hēmikuklíō	ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω hēmikuklíō		ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ους hēmikuklíous	ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐᾰ hēmikúklia
Vocative		ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐε hēmikúklie	ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον hēmikúklion		ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω hēmikuklíō	ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω hēmikuklíō		ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐοι hēmikúklioi	ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐᾰ hēmikúklia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ως hēmikuklíōs			ἡμῐκῠκλῐώτερος hēmikukliṓteros			ἡμῐκῠκλῐώτᾰτος hēmikukliṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον (hēmikúklion, substantive)

Related terms

• ἐγκῠ́κλῐος (enkúklios)
• ἐπῐκῠ́κλῐος (epikúklios)
• ἡμῐκῠκλοειδής (hēmikukloeidḗs)
• ἡμῐκῠκλῐκός (hēmikuklikós)
• ἡμῐκῠκλῐώδης (hēmikukliṓdēs)
• ᾰ̓κῠ́κλῐος (akúklios)

 

References

• “ἡμικύκλιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press