Κύκλωψ
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Hellenic *Kúklōps, from Proto-Indo-European *Pḱúklōps (“cattle thief”). Superficially decomposes as κύκλος (kúklos, “wheel, circle”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”). This is thought to be a folk etymology, with the true etymology in Proto-Indo-European *pḱú-klōps (“cattle thief”) becoming obscured after the loss of the word *péḱu. (See κλώψ (klṓps) for the second component.) Cattle thieves are pervasive in Indo-European mythology; before the folk etymology, the Cyclops would have been a cattle thief of no unusual facial disposition.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.klɔːps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.klops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.klops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.klops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.klops/
Noun[edit]
Κύκλωψ • (Kúklōps) m (genitive Κύκλωπος or Κύκλοπος); third declension
- a cyclops
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Κύ̆κλωψ ho Kúklōps |
τὼ Κῠ́κλωπε tṑ Kúklōpe |
οἱ Κῠ́κλωπες hoi Kúklōpes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Κῠ́κλωπος toû Kúklōpos |
τοῖν Κῠκλώποιν toîn Kuklṓpoin |
τῶν Κῠκλώπων tôn Kuklṓpōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Κῠ́κλωπῐ tôi Kúklōpi |
τοῖν Κῠκλώποιν toîn Kuklṓpoin |
τοῖς Κῠ́κλωψῐ / Κῠ́κλωψῐν toîs Kúklōpsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Κῠ́κλωπᾰ tòn Kúklōpa |
τὼ Κῠ́κλωπε tṑ Kúklōpe |
τοὺς Κῠ́κλωπᾰς toùs Kúklōpas | ||||||||||
Vocative | Κύ̆κλωψ Kúklōps |
Κῠ́κλωπε Kúklōpe |
Κῠ́κλωπες Kúklōpes | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Κύ̆κλωψ ho Kúklōps |
τὼ Κῠ́κλοπε tṑ Kúklope |
οἱ Κῠ́κλοπες hoi Kúklopes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Κῠ́κλοπος toû Kúklopos |
τοῖν Κῠκλόποιν toîn Kuklópoin |
τῶν Κῠκλόπων tôn Kuklópōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Κῠ́κλοπῐ tôi Kúklopi |
τοῖν Κῠκλόποιν toîn Kuklópoin |
τοῖς Κῠ́κλοψῐ / Κῠ́κλοψῐν toîs Kúklopsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Κῠ́κλοπᾰ tòn Kúklopa |
τὼ Κῠ́κλοπε tṑ Kúklope |
τοὺς Κῠ́κλοπᾰς toùs Kúklopas | ||||||||||
Vocative | Κύ̆κλωψ Kúklōps |
Κῠ́κλοπε Kúklope |
Κῠ́κλοπες Kúklopes | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms[edit]
- Κυκλωπεία (Kuklōpeía)
- Κυκλώπειος (Kuklṓpeios)
- Κυκλωπία (Kuklōpía)
- Κυκλωπικός (Kuklōpikós)
- Κυκλωπικῶς (Kuklōpikôs)
- Κυκλώπιον (Kuklṓpion)
- Κυκλώπιος (Kuklṓpios)
- Κυκλωπίς (Kuklōpís)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “Κύκλωψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Κύκλωψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
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