Κύκλωπες

Kyklopes, Cyclopes

Translated by Ross Scaife ✝17 Apr 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

3 notes · 17 words

Translation

Wild men.1
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Cyclopean glance'.2 It [i.e. Kyklopeion] also signifies a mountain.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κύκλωπες· ἄγριοι ἄνθρωποι. καὶ Κυκλώπειον βλέμμα. σημαίνει δὲ καὶ ὄρος.

Betacode
*ku/klwpes: a)/grioi a)/nqrwpoi. kai\ *kuklw/peion ble/mma. shmai/nei de\ kai\ o)/ros. 

Notes (3)

  1. 1Likewise in other lexica. ↩
  2. 2Presumably one-eyed. ↩
  3. 3In Libya, according to Etymologicum Magnum 544.10. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 2 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — Nicholas Fincher
  5. added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Ross Scaife ✝

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