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κίρκος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Compare κρέξ (kréx, crane, crex) and κρίκος (kríkos, ring) for the "hawk" and "circle" meanings respectively (the different senses may well be of different origin).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κίρκος (kírkosm (genitive κίρκου); second declension

  1. type of hawk or falcon
  2. type of wolf
  3. circle, ring
  4. racecourse, circus
  5. type of stone
  6. (Hesychius) κωπηλάτης (kōpēlátēs, rower)
  7. (Hesychius) ἡ τοῦ αἰγείρου βλάστησις (hē toû aigeírou blástēsis, sprouting of the black poplar)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Latin: circus

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κίρκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 702

Further reading

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