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κυκλέω

kykleo

wheel along

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κυκλέω, A. wheel along, in Hom. only once, κυκλήσομεν ἐνθάδε νεκροὺς βουσὶ καὶ ἡμιόνοισιν, Il. 7.332. 2. move round or in a circle, ὁδοῖς κυκλῶν ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἀναστροφήν S. Ant. 226; ἐπʼ ἀνδρὶ δυσμενεῖ βάσιν κυκλοῦντα, metaph., from dogs questing about for the scent, Id. Aj. 19; σὸν πόδʼ ἐπὶ συννοίᾳ κυκλεῖς E. Or. 632, cf. Ar. Av. 1379; κ. πρόσωπον, ὄμμα, look round, look about, E. Ph. 364, Ar. Th. 958 (lyr.); = κυκλεύω I, Hp. Fract. 4. 3. bring round, repeat, τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον Arist. Cael. 300a33. II. Med. and Pass., form a circle round, encompass, encircle, μηνοειδὲς ποιήσαντες τῶν νεῶν ἐκυκλεῦντο ὡς περιλάβοιεν αὐτούς Hdt. 8.16 (elsewh. κυκλόομαι) ; ἴδεσθέ μʼ οἷον ἄρτι κῦμα . . κυκλεῖται encompasses me, S. Aj. 353 (lyr.). 2. go round and round, revolve, τὴν αὐτὴν φορὰν κ. Pl. R. 617a; χρόνου . . κατʼ ἀριθμὸν κυκλουμένου Id. Ti. 38a; οὑμὸς αἰεὶ πότμος ἐν πυκνῷ θεοῦ τροχῷ κυκλεῖται S. Fr. 871; ὁ βίος ἀγαθοῖς τε καὶ κακοῖς κ. πάντα τὸν αἰῶνα D.S. 18.59; διʼ ἀλλήλων αὐτοῖς -εῖται τὸ κακόν, of the vicious circle in disease, Gal. 10.360. 3. assemble in knots, X. An. 6.4.20, Cyr. 6.2.12. 4. metaph., of sayings, etc., to be current, pass from mouth to mouth, τὸ κυκλούμενον παρὰ πᾶσιν ἔπος Plu. 2.118c. III. intr. in Act., revolve, come round and round, πολλαὶ κυκλοῦσι νύκτες ἡμέραι τʼ ἴσαι (but read κυκλοῦνται as L had originally) S. El. 1365; δελφῖνες . . πέριξ κυκλοῦντες Plu. 2.16 of.
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