κύκλος

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kʷókʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”); unexplained change, should have been *τεπλος (*teplos). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀐𐀩𐀄 (ku-ke-re-u).

κῠ́κλος • (kúklos) m (genitive κῠ́κλου); second declension

1. circle, ring
2. Any circular object, such as a wheel
3. A crowd of people
4. marketplace
5. circular movement
6. sphere, globe

There also exists an irregular plural

• Greek: κύκλος (kýklos)
• → Latin: cyclus
  • Catalan: cicle
  • Dutch: cyclus
  • French: cycle
  • Galician: ciclo
  • German: Zyklus
  • Italian: ciclo
  • Middle English: cicle
    • English: cycle
      • → Japanese: サイクル (saikuru)
  • Norwegian:

    Bokmål: syklus, sykkel

    Nynorsk: syklus, sykkel

  • Portuguese: ciclo
  • Romanian: ciclu
  • Sicilian: cìculu
  • Spanish: ciclo
  • Swedish: cykel
• English: Ku Klux

• “κύκλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κύκλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κύκλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κύκλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κύκλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κύκλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2945 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • arch idem, page 38.
  • area idem, page 39.
  • ball idem, page 60.
  • bow idem, page 91.
  • buckler idem, page 102.
  • circle idem, page 132.
  • circuit idem, page 132.
  • circumference idem, page 132.
  • compass idem, page 150.
  • cycle idem, page 193.
  • disc idem, page 228.
  • disk idem, page 234.
  • expanse idem, page 292.
  • eye idem, page 299.
  • globe idem, page 362.
  • hoop idem, page 405.
  • orb idem, page 578.
  • period idem, page 607.
  • precincts idem, page 634.
  • radius idem, page 668.
  • revolution idem, page 711.
  • ring idem, page 716.
  • round idem, page 722.
  • shield idem, page 765.
  • span idem, page 797.
  • sphere idem, page 801.
  • stretch idem, page 825.
  • tract idem, page 885.
  • vault idem, page 945.

Inherited from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos).

κύκλος • (kýklos) m (plural κύκλοι)

1. (geometry) circle
2. period, cycle
3. series, cycle
4. clique, coterie, circle, set (of people)
5. (sports) circuit, course, track
6. (education) course
7. (business) turnover

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

• γιγάκυκλος (gigákyklos, “gigacycle”)
• ημικύκλιο n (imikýklio, “semicircle”)
• φαύλος κύκλος m (fávlos kýklos, “vicious circle”)