Κυκλάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos, “circle, ring”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.klás/ → /cyˈklas/ → /ciˈklas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.klás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈklas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈklas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈklas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈklas/

Proper noun

Κῠκλᾰ́ς • (Kŭklắs) f (genitive Κῠκλᾰ́δος); third declension

1. An Aegean island which is part of the Cyclades

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Κῠκλᾰ́ς; τῆς Κῠκλᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Κῠκλᾰ́ς hē Kŭklắs	τὼ Κῠκλᾰ́δε tṑ Kŭklắde	αἱ Κῠκλᾰ́δες hai Kŭklắdes
Genitive	τῆς Κῠκλᾰ́δος tês Kŭklắdos	τοῖν Κῠκλᾰ́δοιν toîn Kŭklắdoin	τῶν Κῠκλᾰ́δων tôn Kŭklắdōn
Dative	τῇ Κῠκλᾰ́δῐ têi Kŭklắdĭ	τοῖν Κῠκλᾰ́δοιν toîn Kŭklắdoin	ταῖς Κῠκλᾰ́σῐ / Κῠκλᾰ́σῐν taîs Kŭklắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Κῠκλᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Kŭklắdă	τὼ Κῠκλᾰ́δε tṑ Kŭklắde	τᾱ̀ς Κῠκλᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Kŭklắdăs
Vocative	Κῠκλᾰ́ς Kŭklắs	Κῠκλᾰ́δε Kŭklắde	Κῠκλᾰ́δες Kŭklắdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Κυκλάς (Kyklás)
• Latin: Cyclas

References

• “κυκλάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007