Κυκλάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠ́κλος (kúklos, “circle, ring”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.klás/ → /cyˈklas/ → /ciˈklas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.klás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈklas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈklas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈklas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈklas/

Proper noun

Κῠκλᾰ́ς • (Kuklás) f (genitive Κῠκλᾰ́δος); third declension

1. An Aegean island which is part of the Cyclades

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Κῠκλᾰ́ς; τῆς Κῠκλᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Κῠκλᾰ́ς hē Kuklás	τὼ Κῠκλᾰ́δε tṑ Kukláde	αἱ Κῠκλᾰ́δες hai Kukládes
Genitive	τῆς Κῠκλᾰ́δος tês Kukládos	τοῖν Κῠκλᾰ́δοιν toîn Kukládoin	τῶν Κῠκλᾰ́δων tôn Kukládōn
Dative	τῇ Κῠκλᾰ́δῐ têi Kukládi	τοῖν Κῠκλᾰ́δοιν toîn Kukládoin	ταῖς Κῠκλᾰ́σῐ / Κῠκλᾰ́σῐν taîs Kuklási(n)
Accusative	τὴν Κῠκλᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Kukláda	τὼ Κῠκλᾰ́δε tṑ Kukláde	τᾱ̀ς Κῠκλᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Kukládas
Vocative	Κῠκλᾰ́ς Kuklás	Κῠκλᾰ́δε Kukláde	Κῠκλᾰ́δες Kukládes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Κυκλάς (Kyklás)
• Latin: Cyclas

References

• “κυκλάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007