κύκλιος

English (LSJ)

α, ον (ος, ον Eup.5 D.), (κύκλος)

   A round, circular, ἀσπίς Archestr.Fr.13.3; ὕδωρ κύκλιον, of the Delian lake (cf. τροχοειδής), E.IT1104 (lyr.).    II κύκλιος χορός, ὁ, ci cular or cyclic chorus, prop. of any which were danced in a ring round an altar, chiefly used of dithyrambic choruses, opp. those which were arranged in a square (τετράγωνοι Timae.44), Ar.Nu.333, Ra.366, Fr.149.10, X.Oec. 8.20, Aeschin.3.232, etc.; ἐν τῷ ἀγῶνι τῶν κ. χορῶν Schwyzer 91.26 (Argos, iii B.C.); τῶν κ. (without χορῶν) Ἀρχ. Ἐφ. 1913.7 (Nisyros, iii B.C.), cf. Inscr.Cos13.4; ἐν τοῖς κ. ἀγῶσιν OGI213.38 (Didyma, iv/ iii B.C.); invented by Arion, Arist.Fr.677: hence κύκλιον ὠρχήσαντο Call.Del.313; εἱλισσόμεναι κύκλια E.IA1055 (lyr.).    2 κ. μέλη dithyrambs, Ar.Av.918; κύκλιος ἀναβολή Eup.l.c.    3 = κυκλικός 11, AP11.130 (Poll.).    4 = χορίαμβος, Sch.Heph.p.303 C.    III name of month at Epidaurus, IG42(1).115.23 (iv/iii B.C.), al.    IV κυκλίῳ, = κύκλῳ, c.gen. (cf. κύκλος 1), BGU938.4 (iv A.D.).