ἐκκύκλημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκκῠκλέω (ekkukléō, “I roll out”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.ký.klɛː.ma/ → /eˈcy.kli.ma/ → /eˈci.kli.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.ký.klɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ekˈky.kle̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈcy.kli.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈcy.kli.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈci.kli.ma/

Noun

ἐκκῠ́κλημᾰ • (ekkúklēma) n (genitive ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτος); third declension

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 τὸ ἐκκῠ́κλημᾰ; τοῦ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐκκῠ́κλημᾰ tò ekkúklēma	τὼ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτε tṑ ekkuklḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτᾰ tà ekkuklḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτος toû ekkuklḗmatos	τοῖν ἐκκῠκλημᾰ́τοιν toîn ekkuklēmátoin	τῶν ἐκκῠκλημᾰ́των tôn ekkuklēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτῐ tôi ekkuklḗmati	τοῖν ἐκκῠκλημᾰ́τοιν toîn ekkuklēmátoin	τοῖς ἐκκῠκλήμᾰσῐ / ἐκκῠκλήμᾰσῐν toîs ekkuklḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐκκῠ́κλημᾰ tò ekkúklēma	τὼ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτε tṑ ekkuklḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτᾰ tà ekkuklḗmata
Vocative	ἐκκῠ́κλημᾰ ekkúklēma	ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτε ekkuklḗmate	ἐκκῠκλήμᾰτᾰ ekkuklḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)
• 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]