υπόκυκλος

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Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain

Sophocles, Antigone, 221-2

Greek Monolingual

-ον, Α
1. αυτός που έχει από κάτω τροχούς, ὑπότροχος
2. το ουδ. ως ουσ. τὸ ὑπόκυκλον
(κατά τον Ησύχ.) «ὑπόκυκλα
τοὺς ἀστραγάλους τοὺς ὑποτιθεμένους τῷ πυθμένι τῶν τριπόδων».
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὑπ(ο)- + κύκλος (πρβλ. ἔγκυκλος)].