ἐκκύκλημα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐκκῠκλέω (ekkŭkléō, “I roll out”) + -μᾰ (-mă, result noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ek.ký.klɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ekˈky.kle̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈcy.kli.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈcy.kli.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈci.kli.ma/
Noun
ἐκκῠ́κλημᾰ • (ekkŭ́klēmă) n (genitive ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτος); third declension
- a wheeled device used in ancient Greek plays, which could be rolled out to portray the interior of a set
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 tōî 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 | ||||||||||
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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]