κύκλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷukʷlo-, *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”). Cognates include Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá), Latin colus, Tocharian A/B kukäl/kokale, Old Church Slavonic коло (kolo), Lithuanian kãklas, and Old English hwēol (English wheel).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /kýklos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /kýklos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /kýklos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /cýklos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /cíklos/

Noun

κύκλος (genitive κύκλου) m, second declension; (kuklos)

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

Second declension of κύκλος, κύκλου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κύκλος	κύκλω	κύκλοι
Genitive	κύκλου	κύκλοιν	κύκλων
Dative	κύκλῳ	κύκλοιν	κύκλοις
Accusative	κύκλον	κύκλω	κύκλους
Vocative	κύκλε	κύκλω	κύκλοι

There also exists an irregular plural: κύκλα

Descendants

• Russian: цикл (cikl) m

References

• LSJ

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Greek

Noun

κύκλος (kýklos) m

1. circle
2. period or cycle
3. course or track

Declension

declension of κύκλος

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	κύκλος	κύκλοι
genitive (γενική)	κύκλου	κύκλων
accusative (αιτιατική)	κύκλο	κύκλους
vocative (κλητική)	κύκλε	κύκλοι

Derived terms

• φαύλος κύκλος m (fávlos kýklos, “vicious circle”)

See also

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