ἡμικύκλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ἡμῐκῠ́κλιος (hēmikúklios, “semicircular”), or from ἡμι- (hēmi-, half) +‎ κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον • (hēmikúklion) n (genitive ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ου); second declension

  1. (geometry) semicircle
  2. place for public entertainment or meeting
  3. semicircular seat, armchair
    Synonym: ἐπῐ́κλῐντρον (epíklintron)
  4. semicircular dial
  5. semicircular base of a statue
  6. drum of a half-column
  7. (architecture) barrel vault
  8. theatrical machine described by Julius Pollux

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον; τοῦ ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον
tò hēmikúklion		 τὼ ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω
tṑ hēmikuklíō		 τᾰ̀ ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐᾰ
tà hēmikúklia
Genitive τοῦ ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ου
toû hēmikuklíou		 τοῖν ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οιν
toîn hēmikuklíoin		 τῶν ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ων
tôn hēmikuklíōn
Dative τῷ ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ῳ
tôi hēmikuklíōi		 τοῖν ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οιν
toîn hēmikuklíoin		 τοῖς ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́οις
toîs hēmikuklíois
Accusative τὸ ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον
tò hēmikúklion		 τὼ ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω
tṑ hēmikuklíō		 τᾰ̀ ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐᾰ
tà hēmikúklia
Vocative ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον
hēmikúklion		 ἡμῐκῠκλῐ́ω
hēmikuklíō		 ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐᾰ
hēmikúklia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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