ἐκκύκλημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκκῠκλέω (ekkŭkléō, “I roll out”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.ký.klɛː.ma/ → /eˈcy.kli.ma/ → /eˈci.kli.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.ký.klɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ekˈky.kle̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈcy.kli.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈcy.kli.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈci.kli.ma/

Noun

ἐκκῠ́κλημᾰ • (ekkŭ́klēmă) n (genitive ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτος); third declension

1. a wheeled device used in ancient Greek plays, which could be rolled out to portray the interior of a set

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐκκῠ́κλημᾰ; τοῦ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐκκῠ́κλημᾰ tò ekkŭ́klēmă	τὼ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτε tṑ ekkŭklḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτᾰ tằ ekkŭklḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτος toû ekkŭklḗmătos	τοῖν ἐκκῠκλημᾰ́τοιν toîn ekkŭklēmắtoin	τῶν ἐκκῠκλημᾰ́των tôn ekkŭklēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτῐ tôi ekkŭklḗmătĭ	τοῖν ἐκκῠκλημᾰ́τοιν toîn ekkŭklēmắtoin	τοῖς ἐκκῠκλήμᾰσῐ / ἐκκῠκλήμᾰσῐν toîs ekkŭklḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐκκῠ́κλημᾰ tò ekkŭ́klēmă	τὼ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτε tṑ ekkŭklḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτᾰ tằ ekkŭklḗmătă
Vocative	ἐκκῠ́κλημᾰ ekkŭ́klēmă	ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτε ekkŭklḗmăte	ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτᾰ ekkŭklḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: eccyclema

References

• “ἐκκύκλημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐκκύκλημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐκκύκλημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐκκύκλημα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἐκκύκλημα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• A History of Classical Literature, Volume 1, by Robert William Browne (R. Bentley, 1851), page 325. [1]