ἡμικύκλιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, (κύκλος) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[semicircular]], Sch. <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1613</span>:—also ἡμί-κυκλος, ον, στοά <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>1.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hld.8.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as Subst., ἡμι-κύκλιον, τό, [[semicircle]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APo.</span>41b17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span> 264b24</span>; [[hemisphere]], <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.<span class="title">Intr.Arat.</span>27</span>, <span class="bibl">Heph.Astr.2.11</span>; of a tactical formation, <b class="b3">κατὰ τὸ ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">Onos.21.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[a place for public entertainment]] or [[meeting]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nic.</span>12</span>; [[Place of assembly]] at Samos, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">VP</span>9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[semicircular seat]], [[armchair]], Cic.<span class="title">Lael.</span>1.2, <span class="bibl">Poll.6.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[semicircular dial]], Vitr.9.8.1. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">semicircular statue-base</b>, IG11(2).287<span class="title">B</span>73 (Delos, iii B.C.), <span class="title">BCH</span>29.543 (ibid.); <b class="b2">drum of a half-column</b>, Rev.Phil.43.182 (Didym.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[barrel-vault]], <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span> 87.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[theatrical machine]], described by <span class="bibl">Poll.4.127</span>, <span class="bibl">131</span>.</span>