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ἡμικύκλιος

hemikyklios

semicircular

Appears 32 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἡμικύκλιος, 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. VP 9. 3. semicircular seat, armchair, Cic. Lael. 1.2, Poll. 6.9. 4. semicircular dial, Vitr. 9.8.1. 5. semicircular statue-base, IG 11(2).287B 73 (Delos, iii B.C.), BCH 29.543 (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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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