ἡμικύκλιος
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἡμῐ́κῠκλος (hēmĭ́kŭklos)
Etymology
From ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-, “half, semi-”) + κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos, “ring, circle”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, “adjectival suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.mi.ký.kli.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝.miˈky.kli.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.miˈcy.kli.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.miˈcy.kli.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.miˈci.kli.os/
Adjective
ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐος • (hēmĭkŭ́klĭos) m or f (neuter ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον); second declension
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Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐος hēmĭkŭ́klĭos |
ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον hēmĭkŭ́klĭon |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω hēmĭkŭklĭ́ō |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω hēmĭkŭklĭ́ō |
ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐοι hēmĭkŭ́klĭoi |
ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐᾰ hēmĭkŭ́klĭă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ου hēmĭkŭklĭ́ou |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ου hēmĭkŭklĭ́ou |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οιν hēmĭkŭklĭ́oin |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οιν hēmĭkŭklĭ́oin |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ων hēmĭkŭklĭ́ōn |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ων hēmĭkŭklĭ́ōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ῳ hēmĭkŭklĭ́ōi |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ῳ hēmĭkŭklĭ́ōi |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οιν hēmĭkŭklĭ́oin |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οιν hēmĭkŭklĭ́oin |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οις hēmĭkŭklĭ́ois |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οις hēmĭkŭklĭ́ois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον hēmĭkŭ́klĭon |
ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον hēmĭkŭ́klĭon |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω hēmĭkŭklĭ́ō |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω hēmĭkŭklĭ́ō |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ους hēmĭkŭklĭ́ous |
ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐᾰ hēmĭkŭ́klĭă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐε hēmĭkŭ́klĭe |
ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον hēmĭkŭ́klĭon |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω hēmĭkŭklĭ́ō |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω hēmĭkŭklĭ́ō |
ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐοι hēmĭkŭ́klĭoi |
ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐᾰ hēmĭkŭ́klĭă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ως hēmĭkŭklĭ́ōs |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐώτερος hēmĭkŭklĭṓteros |
ἡμῐκῠκλῐώτᾰτος hēmĭkŭklĭṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον (hēmĭkŭ́klĭon, substantive)
Related terms
- ᾰ̓κῠ́κλῐος (ăkŭ́klĭos)
- ἐγκῠ́κλῐος (enkŭ́klĭos)
- ἐπῐκῠ́κλῐος (epĭkŭ́klĭos)
- ἡμῐκῠκλῐκός (hēmĭkŭklĭkós)
- ἡμῐκῠκλῐώδης (hēmĭkŭklĭṓdēs)
- ἡμῐκῠκλοειδής (hēmĭkŭkloeidḗs)
References
- “ἡμικύκλιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press