Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-03-25| Primary meaning | circle |
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| Literal translation | circle |
| Variants | κύκλος kuklos |
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Τῶν δὲ ἐν τῇ σφαίρᾳ κύκλων οἱ μὲν εἰσι παράλληλοι, οἱ δὲ λοξοί, οἱ δὲ διὰ τῶν πόλων.
‘Of the circles on the sphere, some are parallel, some are oblique, and some are [passing] through the poles.’
〈circulus〉 ‘circle’
〈κύκλος τῶν ζῳδίων〉 kuklos tōn zōidiōn ‘zodiac’
〈ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος〉 zōidiakos kuklos ‘zodiac’
〈ἰσημερινὸς κύκλος〉 isēmerinos kuklos ‘celestial equator’
〈παράλληλος κύκλος〉 parallēlos kuklos ‘parallel circle’
〈ἀρκτικὸς κύκλος〉 arktikos kuklos ‘arctic circle’
〈θερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος〉 therinos tropikos kuklos ‘summer tropic’
〈χειμερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος〉 cheimerinos tropikos kuklos ‘winter tropic’
〈ἀνταρκτικὸς κύκλος〉 antarktikos kuklos ‘antarctic circle’
@misc{zodiac5439,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {κύκλος ({Lemma} #5439)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5439/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5439/},
}