ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Literally, “circular (i.e. all-round, well rounded) education”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eŋ.ký.kli.os pai̯.děː.aː/ → /eɲˈɟy.kli.os pɛˈði.a/ → /eɲˈɟi.kli.os peˈði.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eŋ.ký.kli.os pai̯.děː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eŋˈky.kli.os pɛˈdi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɲˈɟy.kli.os pɛˈði.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eɲˈɟy.kli.os peˈði.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eɲˈɟi.kli.os peˈði.a/

Noun

ἐγκύκλῐος παιδείᾱ • (enkúklios paideíā) f (genitive ἐγκυκλίου παιδείᾱς); first declension

1. general education

Declension

See ἐγκύκλῐος (enkúklios) and παιδείᾱ (paideíā).

Descendants

• Latin: encyclopaedia (through univerbation) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press