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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κῠλίνδω (kulíndō, “I roll”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ký.lin.dros/ → /ˈcy.lin.dros/ → /ˈci.lin.dros/
Noun
κῠ́λινδρος • (kúlindros) m (genitive κῠλίνδρου); second declension
- round stone, tumbler, marble (child's toy)
- roller, cylinder
- roll of a book, volume
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “κύλινδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κύλινδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κύλινδρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κύλινδρος 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
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros).
Noun
κύλινδρος • (kýlindros) m (plural κύλινδροι)
- (geometry) cylinder
Derived terms