Κύκλωψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Superficially decomposes as κύκλος (kúklos, “wheel, circle”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”). This is thought to be a folk etymology, with the true etymology in Proto-Indo-European *pḱu-klōps (“cattle thief”) becoming obscured after the loss of the word *péḱu. Cattle thieves are pervasive in Indo-European mythology; before the folk etymology, the Cyclops would have been a cattle thief of no unusual facial disposition.[1]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

Κύκλωψ • (Kúklōps) m (genitive Κύκλωπος or Κύκλοπος); third declension

  1. a Cyclops

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Κύκλωψ; τοῦ Κύκλωπος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Κύκλωψ
ho Kúklōps		 τὼ Κύκλωπε
tṑ Kúklōpe		 οἱ Κύκλωπες
hoi Kúklōpes
Genitive τοῦ Κύκλωπος
toû Kúklōpos		 τοῖν Κυκλώποιν
toîn Kuklṓpoin		 τῶν Κυκλώπων
tôn Kuklṓpōn
Dative τῷ Κύκλωπῐ
tôi Kúklōpi		 τοῖν Κυκλώποιν
toîn Kuklṓpoin		 τοῖς Κύκλωψῐ / Κύκλωψῐν
toîs Kúklōpsi(n)
Accusative τὸν Κύκλωπᾰ
tòn Kúklōpa		 τὼ Κύκλωπε
tṑ Kúklōpe		 τοὺς Κύκλωπᾰς
toùs Kúklōpas
Vocative Κύκλωψ
Kúklōps		 Κύκλωπε
Kúklōpe		 Κύκλωπες
Kúklōpes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of ὁ Κύκλωψ; τοῦ Κύκλοπος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Κύκλωψ
ho Kúklōps		 τὼ Κύκλοπε
tṑ Kúklope		 οἱ Κύκλοπες
hoi Kúklopes
Genitive τοῦ Κύκλοπος
toû Kúklopos		 τοῖν Κυκλόποιν
toîn Kuklópoin		 τῶν Κυκλόπων
tôn Kuklópōn
Dative τῷ Κύκλοπῐ
tôi Kúklopi		 τοῖν Κυκλόποιν
toîn Kuklópoin		 τοῖς Κύκλοψῐ / Κύκλοψῐν
toîs Kúklopsi(n)
Accusative τὸν Κύκλοπᾰ
tòn Kúklopa		 τὼ Κύκλοπε
tṑ Kúklope		 τοὺς Κύκλοπᾰς
toùs Kúklopas
Vocative Κύκλωψ
Kúklōps		 Κύκλοπε
Kúklope		 Κύκλοπες
Kúklopes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Κυκλωπεία (Kuklōpeía)
  • Κυκλώπειος (Kuklṓpeios)
  • Κυκλωπία (Kuklōpía)
  • Κυκλωπικός (Kuklōpikós)
  • Κυκλωπικῶς (Kuklōpikôs)
  • Κυκλώπιον (Kuklṓpion)
  • Κυκλώπιος (Kuklṓpios)
  • Κυκλωπίς (Kuklōpís)

Descendants

References
  1. Paul Thieme, "Etymologische Vexierbilder", Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung 69 (1951): 177-78; Burkert (1982), p. 157; J.P.S. Beekes, Indo-European Etymological Project, s.v. Cyclops.
  • Κύκλωψ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Κύκλωψ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
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