εγκύκλιος
See also: ἐγκύκλιος
Greek
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios) in the context of ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία (enkúklios paideía, “general education”).[1]
Adjective
editεγκύκλιος • (egkýklios) m (feminine εγκύκλιος or εγκύκλια, neuter εγκύκλιο)
Declension
editThis adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2
editLearned nominalization of the feminine form of the adjective εγκύκλιος, with semantic loan from French circulaire.[1]
Noun
editεγκύκλιος • (egkýklios) f (plural εγκύκλιοι or εγκύκλιες)
- circular (official directive or notice intended for circulation)
- εγκύκλιος επιστολή (adjectival use) ― egkýklios epistolí ― circular letter
- (Christianity) encyclical
Declension
editDeclension of εγκύκλιος
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 εγκύκλιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
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Εγκύκλιος των Ανατολικών Πατριαρχών on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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