Related to:
κυκλ-έω,
wheel along, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2)
move round or
in a circle, ὁδοῖς κυκλῶν ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἀναστροφήν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ δυσμενεῖ βάσιν κυκλοῦντα,
metaphorically, from dogs
questing about for the scent, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. πρόσωπον, ὄμμα, look
round, look
about, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ={κυκλεύω}[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
bring round, repeat, τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
middle and
passive,
form a circle round, encompass, encircle, μηνοειδὲς ποιήσαντες τῶν νεῶν ἐκυκλεῦντο ὡς περιλάβοιεν αὐτούς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴδεσθέ μ᾽ οἷον ἄρτι κῦμα. κυκλεῖται
encompasses me, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
go round and round, revolve, τὴν αὐτὴν φορὰν κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ ἀλλήλων αὐτοῖς -εῖται τὸ κακόν, of the vicious circle in disease, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3)
assemble in knots, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4)
metaphorically, of sayings, etc,
to be current, pass from mouth to mouth, τὸ κυκλούμενον παρὰ πᾶσιν ἔπος [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
III)
intransitive in
active,
revolve, come round and round, πολλαὶ κυκλοῦσι νύκτες ἡμέραι τ᾽ ἴσαι (but read κυκλοῦνται as L had originally) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]