cyclus

English

Etymology

From Latin cyclus. Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, kike, and wheel.

Noun

cyclus (plural cycluses or cycli)

1. (archaic) A cycle, or series of poems.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.klʏs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cy‧clus

Noun

cyclus m (plural cycli or cyclussen, diminutive cyclusje n)

1. a cycle, a complete rotation
2. a cycle, a repeatable series
3. a cycle, a collection of related texts or artworks

Derived terms

• cyclisch

Descendants

• Afrikaans: siklus
• → Indonesian: siklus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈky.kɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.klus]

Noun

cyclus m (genitive cyclī); second declension

1. a circle
2. a cycle, recurring period
3. a branding implement

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cyclus	cyclī
genitive	cyclī	cyclōrum
dative	cyclō	cyclīs
accusative	cyclum	cyclōs
ablative	cyclō	cyclīs
vocative	cycle	cyclī

Synonyms

• (circle): circulus

Related terms

• epicyclus
• hēmicyclus

Descendants

• → Albanian: cikël
• Catalan: cicle
• → Dutch: cyclus
• French: cycle
• Galician: ciclo
• → German: Zyklus
• Italian: ciclo
• → Middle English: cicle
  • English: cycle (see there for further descendants)
• → Norwegian:

  Bokmål: syklus, sykkel

  Nynorsk: syklus, sykkel

• Portuguese: ciclo
• Romanian: ciclu
• Sicilian: cìculu
• Spanish: ciclo
• → Swedish: cykel
• →? Proto-Brythonic: *kɨlx
  • Breton: kelc'h
  • Cornish: kylgh
  • Middle Welsh: kylch
    • Welsh: cylch
  • ⇒ Cumbric: kelchyn

References

• “cyclus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "cyclus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “cyclus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.