cyclops

See also: Cyclops

English

A cyclops from Urbano Monti's 1587 world map.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops”). The sense for copepods is a semantic loan from translingual Cyclops.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: sī'klŏps, IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪˌklɑps/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sī'klŏps, IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪˌklɒps/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

cyclops (plural cyclops or cyclopes or cyclopses)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
2. A one-eyed creature of any species.
3. (derogatory) A person with only one working eye.
4. (zoology) Any copepod in the genus Cyclops.
5. (horology) A small magnifying lens in the crystal of a watch to aid in reading the date.

Derived terms

• biclops
• cyclopamine
• cyclopean
• Cyclopean
• Cyclopean architecture
• cyclopess
• cyclopia
• cyclopic
• cyclops girl
• cycloptic

Translations

giant of mythology

• Albanian: katallan (sq) m, ciklop (sq) m
• Arabic: سَايْكْلُوب m (sayklub)
• Asturian: cíclope m
• Azerbaijani: təpəgöz
• Catalan: ciclop (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獨眼巨人 / 独眼巨人 (dúyǎn jùrén), 庫克洛普斯 / 库克洛普斯 (kùkèluòpǔsī), 賽克洛斯 / 赛克洛斯 (sàikèluòsī)

• Czech: kyklop m
• Danish: kyklop c
• Esperanto: ciklopo
• Finnish: kyklooppi (fi)
• French: cyclope (fr) m
• Gagauz: tepegöz
• Galician: ciclope (gl) m
• German: Zyklop (de) m, Kyklop (de) m
• Greek: κύκλωπας m (kýklopas)

  Ancient Greek: Κύκλωψ m (Kúklōps)

• Hawaiian: kukelopa
• Hebrew: קיקלופ (he) (kiklop)
• Hungarian: ciklopsz, küklopsz (hu)
• Icelandic: kýklópi m, kýklópur m
• Ido: ciklopo (io)
• Italian: ciclope (it) m
• Japanese: キュクロープス (kyukurōpusu), キュクロプス (kyukuropusu), 独眼鬼 (dokuganki)
• Kazakh: циклоп (siklop)
• Korean: 키클롭스 (kikeullopseu), 퀴클롭스 (kwikeullopseu)
• Latin: cyclōps m
• Macedonian: киклоп m (kiklop)
• Marathi: साय्क्लॉप्स m (sāyklŏpsa)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: kyklop m

• Polish: cyklop (pl) m
• Portuguese: ciclope (pt) m
• Romanian: ciclop (ro) m
• Russian: цикло́п (ru) m (ciklóp), кикло́п (ru) m (kiklóp)
• Slovak: kyklop, kyklóp, kyklóps
• Spanish: cíclope (es) m
• Swahili: siklopsi
• Swedish: cyklop (sv) c
• Turkish: siklops, tepegöz (tr), eğegöz, yalgızgöz

  Old Anatolian Turkish: دپه كوز (däpä göz)

  Ottoman Turkish: تپه گوز (tepe göz)

copepod

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劍水蚤 / 剑水蚤 (jiànshuǐzǎo)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈky.kɫoːps]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.klops]

Noun

cyclōps m (genitive cyclōpis); third declension

1. A cyclops; a one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cyclōps	cyclōpēs
genitive	cyclōpis	cyclōpum
dative	cyclōpī	cyclōpibus
accusative	cyclōpem	cyclōpēs
ablative	cyclōpe	cyclōpibus
vocative	cyclōps	cyclōpēs

Descendants

• Catalan: ciclop