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κυκλικός

κυκλικός, circular

κυκλ-ικός, ή, όν,
  • circular, moving in a circle, σῶμα Arist. Cael. 289a30, κίνησις Placit. 2.7.5; περίοδος D.S. 2.36: metaph., Procl. Inst. 33. Adv. -κῶς, κινεῖσθαι Arist. Cael. 272b24.
      • 2 of a circle, λόγος Iamb. in Nic. p.61 P.; κ. ἀριθμός a number which ends in the same digit when squared, Nicom. Ar. 2.17.
      • 3 Astrol., subordinate, ruling in rotation, Vett.Val. 175.17.
        • b -κὰ ἔτη the minimum duration of life corresponding to a planet, Balbill. in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).236, 237.
      • 4 -κός (sc. πούς), ὁ, a form of anapaest in which the long syllable is shorter than a normal long, D.H. Comp. 17.
  • [Supp.: II to IV: for these sections read:
    • IIof or belonging to the Epic Cycle...,
      • 2commonplace, conventional]
    • II κυκλικοί, οἱ, the poets of the Epic cycle (cf. κύκλος), Sch. Il. 3.242, al.; also ἡ κ. Θηβαΐς Ath. 11.465e; but τὸ ποίημα τὸ κ. commonplace, conventional poem (cf.IV), Call. Epigr. 28.1 Pf.
    • III f.l. for κύκλιος II, χορός Lys. 21.2; τῶν κυκλικῶν (v.l. κυκλίων) αὐλητῶν Luc. Salt. 2.
    • IV in common use, ἡ κ. (sc. ἔκδοσις) the vulgate, Sch. Od. 16.195, 17.25: but Adv. -κῶς conventionally, οὐ κ. τὰ ἐπίθετα προσέρριπται ib. 7.115.

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