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eccyclema

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐκκύκλημα (ekkúklēma).

Noun

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eccyclema (plural eccyclemas or eccyclemata)

  1. A wheeled device, used in ancient Greek plays, that could be rolled out to allow a tableau to be viewed.

Further reading

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  • A History of Classical Literature, Volume 1, by Robert William Browne (R. Bentley, 1851), page 325. [1]
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