Κύκλωψ
kyklops
Cyclops
Appears 32 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
Κύκλωψ, ωπος (acc. -οπα, v. infr.), ὁ, A. Cyclops, freq. in pl., oneeyed giant savages, Od. 9.106, Th. 139, 6.2, etc.: prop. Round-eyed, Κύκλωπες δʼ ὄνομʼ ἦσαν ἐπώνυμον, οὕνεκʼ ἄρα σφέων κυκλοτερὴς ὀφθαλμὸς ἕεις ἐνέκειτο μετώπῳ Th. 144: hence as Adj., κ. σελήνη the round-eyed moon, 10.4; κύκλοπα κούρην, of the pupil of the eye, 84.8: sg. in Od. always of Polyphemus, 1.69, al. 2. mythical builders of prehistoric walls at Tiryns, Mycenae, etc., 88 , 12,35 (a) , 10.77, 8.6.11; τὰ Κυκλώπων βάθρα, i.e. Mycenae, HF 944. 3. Κύκλωπες, οἱ, a throw of the dice, 57.6.
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