ἐκκύκλημα

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From ἐκκυκλέω (ekkukleō, “I roll out”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + κυκλεύω (kukleuō, “I revolve, traverse”), from κύκλος (kuklos, “circle, ring, wheel”)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ek̚kýklɛ͜ɛma/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛk̚kýkleːma/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ek̚kýklima/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ec̚cýklima/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ecíklima/

Noun

ἐκκύκλημα (genitive ἐκκυκλήματος) n, third declension; (ekkuklēma)

1. a wheeled device used in ancient Greek plays, which could be rolled out to portray the interior of a set

Inflection

Third declension of ἐκκύκλημα, ἐκκυκλήματος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἐκκύκλημα	ἐκκυκλήματε	ἐκκυκλήματες
Genitive	ἐκκυκλήματος	ἐκκυκλημάτοιν	ἐκκυκλημάτων
Dative	ἐκκυκλήματῐ	ἐκκυκλημάτοιν	ἐκκυκλήμασῐ(ν)
Accusative	ἐκκυκλήματᾰ	ἐκκυκλήματε	ἐκκυκλήματᾰς
Vocative	ἐκκυκλήμα	ἐκκυκλήματε	ἐκκυκλήματες

Descendants

• English: eccyclema

References

• ἐκκύκλημα in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• A History of Classical Literature, Volume 1, by Robert William Browne (R. Bentley, 1851), page 325. [1]