ἐγκύκλιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, also α, ον <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>981</span>: ([[κύκλος]]):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[circular]], [[round]], χοροί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>429</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.10</span>; τὸ ἐγκύκλιον [[σῶμα]] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>286a11</span>; ἐγκύκλιος [[κίνησις]], ἐγκύκλιος [[φορά]], [[motion]] [[in a circle]], ib.<span class="bibl">293a11</span>, <span class="bibl">296a35</span>; δρόμημα θεῶν <span class="title">Corp.Herm.</span>3.3. Adv. [[ἐγκυκλίως]] = [[in a circle]], [[φέρεσθαι]] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>339a12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Euc.<span class="title">Phaen.</span>p.2</span> M., <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span>11.8</span>, Plu.2.1004c; [[καθῆσθαι]] <span class="bibl">Asp.<span class="title">in EN</span>10.31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[revolving in a cycle]], [[recurrent]]: hence, at [[Athens]], <b class="b3">λῃτουργίαι ἐγκύκλιοι</b> [[public]] [[service]]s [[require]]d [[regularly]] [[every]] [[year]], opp. to those required at [[uncertain]] [[time]]s, <span class="bibl">D.20.21</span>; <b class="b3">ἐγκύκλια δίκαια</b> [[right]]s [[common]] to all [[citizen]]s, <span class="bibl">Id.25.74</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[ordinary]], [[everyday]], ἐν τοῖς ἐγκυκλίοις καὶ τοῖς καθ' ἡμέραν γιγνομένοις <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1269b35</span>; <b class="b3">ἐγκύκλιοι διακονίαι</b> [[everyday]] duties, ib. <span class="bibl">1263a21</span>; τὰ ἐγκύκλια καὶ πολιτικά <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.Vat.</span>58</span>; ἡ ἐγκύκλιος [[διοίκησις]] <span class="title">IG</span>12 (5).653.56 (Syros, i B.C.); <b class="b3">ἐγκύκλια ἀναλώματα</b> ib.1.329; <b class="b3">ἐγκύκλια [τέλη</b>] [[tax]]es [[farme]]d out [[annually]], ib.11(2).161 <span class="title">A</span>36, 203 <span class="title">A</span> 29 (Delos, iii B. C.); ταμίαι τῶν ἐγκυκλίων <span class="title">SIG</span>577.11 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">μεγάλοις ἐγκυκλίοις συμπτώμασιν</b> (sc. [[πάθος]]) [[commonly liable to]], Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.29 W. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Arist., <b class="b3">τὰ ἐγκύκλια φιλοσοφήματα</b> or <b class="b3">τὰ ἐγκύκλια</b> = τὰ [[ἐξωτερικός|ἐξωτερικά]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cael.</span>279a30</span>; ἐν τοῖς ἐγκυκλίοις εἴρηται <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1096a3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία</b> [[general]] [[education]], prior to [[professional]] studies, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>25</span>, Plu.2.1135d; οἱ περὶ τὰ ἐγκύκλια παιδευταί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Alex.</span>7</span>; τὰ ἐγκύκλια παιδεύματα Id.2.7c, cf. Vitr.6 <span class="title">Praef.</span>4, Quint.<span class="title">Inst.</span> 1.10.1, <span class="bibl">Ath.4.184b</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>45</span>; also <b class="b3">ἐγκύκλιος ἀγωγή</b> [[instruction]] [[in general knowledge]], <span class="bibl">Str.1.1.22</span>; <b class="b3">ἐγκύκλιος τέχνη</b> Olymp.Alch.<span class="bibl">p.91</span> B. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[ἐγκύκλιον]], [[τό]], [[tax on sales]], PLond.3.1200 (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.53</span> (ii B. C.), etc.</span>