Κύκλωψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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 *pḱu-klōps (“cattle thief”) becoming obscured after the loss of the word *péḱu. 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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.klɔːps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.klops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈky.klops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.klops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.klops/
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Κύκλωψ ho Kúklōps |
τὼ Κύκλωπε tṑ Kúklōpe |
οἱ Κύκλωπες hoi Kúklōpes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Κύκλωπος toû Kúklōpos |
τοῖν Κυκλώποιν toîn Kuklṓpoin |
τῶν Κυκλώπων tôn Kuklṓpōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Κύκλωπῐ tôi Kúklōpi |
τοῖν Κυκλώποιν toîn Kuklṓpoin |
τοῖς Κύκλωψῐ / Κύκλωψῐν toîs Kúklōpsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Κύκλωπᾰ tòn Kúklōpa |
τὼ Κύκλωπε tṑ Kúklōpe |
τοὺς Κύκλωπᾰς toùs Kúklōpas | ||||||||||
Vocative | Κύκλωψ Kúklōps |
Κύκλωπε Kúklōpe |
Κύκλωπες Kúklōpes | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Κύκλωψ ho Kúklōps |
τὼ Κύκλοπε tṑ Kúklope |
οἱ Κύκλοπες hoi Kúklopes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Κύκλοπος toû Kúklopos |
τοῖν Κυκλόποιν toîn Kuklópoin |
τῶν Κυκλόπων tôn Kuklópōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Κύκλοπῐ tôi Kúklopi |
τοῖν Κυκλόποιν toîn Kuklópoin |
τοῖς Κύκλοψῐ / Κύκλοψῐν toîs Kúklopsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Κύκλοπᾰ tòn Kúklopa |
τὼ Κύκλοπε tṑ Kúklope |
τοὺς Κύκλοπᾰς toùs Kúklopas | ||||||||||
Vocative | Κύκλωψ Kúklōps |
Κύκλοπε Kúklope |
Κύκλοπες Kúklopes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κυκλωπεία (Kuklōpeía)
- Κυκλώπειος (Kuklṓpeios)
- Κυκλωπία (Kuklōpía)
- Κυκλωπικός (Kuklōpikós)
- Κυκλωπικῶς (Kuklōpikôs)
- Κυκλώπιον (Kuklṓpion)
- Κυκλώπιος (Kuklṓpios)
- Κυκλωπίς (Kuklōpís)
References
- 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
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