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|lshtext=<b>Cȳ&#774;clops</b>: ōpis (acc. -ōpem or -ōpa), m., = [[Κύκλωψ]] (a [[round]] [[eye]]),<br /><b>I</b> a [[Cyclops]]; in plur.: Cyclopes, um, the Cyclopes, a [[fabulous]] [[race]] of giants on the [[coast]] of Sicily; said to [[have]] [[each]] [[but]] one [[eye]], and [[that]] in the [[middle]] of the [[forehead]]; to [[them]] were ascribed the walls called Cyclopean; plur., Cic. Div. 2, 19, 43; Plin. 7, 56, 57, §§ 195-198; Verg. A. 6, 630; 8, 424; Hor. C. 1, 4, 7; Ov. M. 3, 305 et saep.; sing. κατ ἐξοχήν, the [[Cyclops]] [[Polyphemus]], Verg. A. 3, 617; Hor. A. P. 145; Ov. M. 13, 744 sq.; 14, 174 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146 et saep.: Cyclopa saltare, to [[imitate]] [[Polyphemus]] by pantomime, Hor. S. 1, 5, 63; so, moveri, id. Ep. 2, 2, 125 Orell.— Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Adj.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Cȳ&#774;clōpēus, a, um, = [[Κυκλώπειος]], Cyclopean, of the Cyclopes; [[only]] plur as subst.: Cȳ&#774;clōpēa, ōrum, n., the [[myth]] of the Cyclopes as represented in a pantomime: ludere, Treb. Poll. Gall. 8, 3; Vop. Carin. 19, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Cȳ&#774;clōpĭus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the Cyclopes: saxa, in Sicily, Verg. A. 1, 201: at [[Mycenae]], Sen. Herc. Fur. 997: regna, Sil. 14, 33.