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ἀνακύκλωσις

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ᾰ̓νᾰκῠκλόω (anakuklóō) +‎ -σῐς (-sis), the former from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ana-) +‎ κυκλόω (kuklóō); compare ᾰ̓νᾰκῠ́κλησῐς (anakúklēsis).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ᾰ̓νᾰκῠ́κλωσῐς (anakúklōsisf (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰκῠκλώσεως); third declension

  1. Varia lectio of ᾰ̓νᾰκῠ́κλησῐς (anakúklēsis).
  2. wheeling about
    • 170 CE – 240 CE, Herodian, History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus 4.2.9:[3], [4]
      ἐπὰν δὲ μέγιστον χῶμα ἀρθῇ τῶν ἀρωμάτων πᾶς τε ὁ τόπος πληρωθῇ, ἱππασία περὶ τὸ κατασκεύασμα ἐκεῖνο γίγνεται, πᾶν τε τὸ ἱππικὸν τάγμα περιθεῖ κύκλῳ μετά τινος εὐταξίας καὶ ἀνακυκλώσεως πυρριχίῳ δρόμῳ καὶ ῥυθμῷ.
      epàn dè mégiston khôma arthêi tôn arōmátōn pâs te ho tópos plērōthêi, hippasía perì tò kataskeúasma ekeîno gígnetai, pân te tò hippikòn tágma peritheî kúklōi metá tinos eutaxías kaì anakuklṓseōs purrhikhíōi drómōi kaì rhuthmôi.
      • 1961 translation by Edward C. Echols[5]
        After a huge pile of aromatic material is collected, and the structure is completely filled, a cavalry exhibition is staged around the building; the entire Equestrian cavalry circles around it, following a fixed rotating pattern in the Pyrrhic choruses and maneuvers.
  3. (politics) cycle of constitutions, anacyclosis
    • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 6.9.9–10:[6]
      αὕτη πολιτειῶν ἀνακύκλωσις, αὕτη φύσεως οἰκονομία, καθ’ ἣν μεταβάλλει καὶ μεθίσταται καὶ πάλιν εἰς αὑτὰ καταντᾷ τὰ κατὰ τὰς πολιτείας.
      haútē politeiôn anakúklōsis, haútē phúseōs oikonomía, kath’ hḕn metabállei kaì methístatai kaì pálin eis hautà katantâi tà katà tàs politeías.
      • 1899 translation by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh[7]
        This is the regular cycle of constitutional revolutions, and the natural order in which constitutions change, are transformed, and return again to their original stage.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • English: anacyclosis
  • Greek: ανακύκλωση (anakýklosi)

Further reading

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