ἡμικύκλιος
Ὥς ἐστ' ἄπιστος (ἄπιστον) ἡ γυναικεία φύσις → Muliebris o quam sexus est infida res → Wie unverlässlich ist die weibliche Natur
English (LSJ)
ον, (κύκλος)
A semicircular, Sch. A.R.4.1613:—also ἡμί-κυκλος, ον, στοά Philostr.Im.1.12, cf. Hld.8.14. II as Subst., ἡμι-κύκλιον, τό, semicircle, Arist.APo.41b17, Ph. 264b24; hemisphere, Ach.Tat.Intr.Arat.27, Heph.Astr.2.11; of a tactical formation, κατὰ τὸ ἡ. Onos.21.5. 2 a place for public entertainment or meeting, Plu.Alc.17, Nic.12; Place of assembly at Samos, Porph.VP9. 3 semicircular seat, armchair, Cic.Lael.1.2, Poll.6.9. 4 semicircular dial, Vitr.9.8.1. 5 semicircular statue-base, IG11(2).287B73 (Delos, iii B.C.), BCH29.543 (ibid.); drum of a half-column, Rev.Phil.43.182 (Didym.). 6 barrel-vault, Ph.Bel. 87.12. 7 theatrical machine, described by Poll.4.127, 131.
