cyclus
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cyclus m (plural cycli or cyclussen, diminutive cyclusje n)
- A cycle, a complete rotation.
- A cycle, a repeatable series.
- A cycle, a collection of related texts or artworks.
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈky.klus/, [ˈkʏkɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.klus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːklus]
Noun edit
cyclus m (genitive cyclī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cyclus | cyclī |
Genitive | cyclī | cyclōrum |
Dative | cyclō | cyclīs |
Accusative | cyclum | cyclōs |
Ablative | cyclō | cyclīs |
Vocative | cycle | cyclī |
Synonyms edit
- (circle): circulus
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Descendants edit
- Catalan: cicle
- Dutch: cyclus
- French: cycle
- Galician: ciclo
- German: Zyklus
- Italian: ciclo
- Middle English: cicle
- Norwegian:
- Portuguese: ciclo
- Romanian: ciclu
- Sicilian: cìculu
- Spanish: ciclo
- Swedish: cykel
References edit
- “cyclus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cyclus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cyclus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.