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See also: Cyclops
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops”), q.v.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cyclops (plural cyclops or cyclopes or cyclopses)
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
- A one-eyed creature of any species.
- (derogatory) A person with only one working eye.
- (zoology) Any copepod in the genus Cyclops.
- (horology) A small magnifying lens in the crystal of a watch to aid in reading the date.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]giant of mythology
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops”), q.v.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈky.kloːps/, [ˈkʏkɫ̪oːps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.klops/, [ˈt͡ʃiːklops]
Noun
[edit]cyclōps m (genitive cyclōpis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | cyclōps | cyclōpēs |
genitive | cyclōpis | cyclōpum |
dative | cyclōpī | cyclōpibus |
accusative | cyclōpem | cyclōpēs |
ablative | cyclōpe | cyclōpibus |
vocative | cyclōps | cyclōpēs |
Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: ciclop
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *klep-
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- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- en:Greek mythology
- en:Roman mythology
- English derogatory terms
- en:Zoology
- en:Copepods
- en:Mythological creatures
- en:People
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin terms spelled with Y
- Latin masculine nouns