ἐγκύκλ-ιος (egkuklios)

Where it lives

Oeconomica II 1 · 2.13/10k
Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
Athenian Constitution 2 · 1.23/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Daniel (LXX) 1 · 0.95/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8 · 0.75/10k
Politics 3 · 0.46/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

ἐγκύκλ-ιος · enkykl-ios — LSJ

circular, round, in a circle, in a circle

circular, round, χοροί E. IT 429 (lyr.), Aeschin. 1.10; τὸ ἐ. σῶμα Arist. Cael. 286a11; ἐ. κίνησις, φορά, motion in a circle, ib. 293a11, 296a35; δρόμημα θεῶν Corp.Herm. 3.3. Adv. -ίως in a circle, φέρεσθαι Arist. Mete. 339a12, cf. Euc. Phaen. p.2 M., Hero Aut. 11.8, Plu. QPlat. 2.1004c; καθῆσθαι Asp. in EN 10.31.

II revolving in a cycle, recurrent, required regularly, common to all citizens

revolving in a cycle, recurrent: hence, at Athens, λῃτουργίαι ἐ. public services required regularly every year, opp. to those required at uncertain times, D. 20.21; ἐ. δίκαια rights common to all citizens, Id. 25.74.

III ordinary, everyday, everyday, farmed out annually

ordinary, everyday, ἐν τοῖς ἐ. καὶ τοῖς καθʼ ἡμέραν γιγνομένοις Isoc. 3.22, cf. 8.87, Arist. Pol. 1269b35; ἐ. διακονίαι everyday duties, ib. 1263a21; τὰ ἐ. καὶ πολιτικά Epicur. Sent.Vat. 58; ἡ ἐ. διοίκησις IG 12 (5).653.56 (Syros, i B.C.); ἐ. ἀναλώματα ib. 1.329; ἐ. [τέλη] taxes farmed out annually, ib. 11(2).161 A 36, 203 A 29 (Delos, iii B. C.); ταμίαι τῶν ἐ. SIG 577.11 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.).

b commonly liable to

μεγάλοις ἐ. συμπτώμασιν (sc. πάθος) commonly liable to, Phld. Ir. p.29 W.

2

Arist., τὰ ἐ. φιλοσοφήματα or τὰ ἐ., = τὰ ἐξωτερικά, Cael. 279a30; ἐν τοῖς ἐ. εἴρηται EN 1096a3.

3 general, in general knowledge

ἐ. παιδεία general education, prior to professional studies, D.H. Comp. 25, Plu. Mus. 2.1135d; οἱ περὶ τὰ ἐ. παιδευταί Id. Alex. 7; τὰ ἐ. παιδεύματα Id. Lib.educ. 2.7c, cf. Vitr. 6 Praef. 4, Quint. Inst. 1.10.1, Ath. 4.184b, Luc. Am. 45; also ἐ. ἀγωγή instruction in general knowledge, Str. 1.1.22; ἐ. τέχνη Olymp.Alch. p.91 B.

IV tax on sales

ἐγκύκλιον, τό, tax on sales, PLond. 3.1200 (ii B.C.), PAmh. 2.53 (ii B. C.), etc.

In the wild

ἐγκυκλίους · enkyklious Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..26 (DIORISIS sentence 329)
ἐγκύκλιον · enkyklion Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..43 (DIORISIS sentence 509)
ἐγκυκλίων · enkykliōn Aristotle, Economics 1346a (DIORISIS sentence 126)
ἐγκυκλίοις · enkykliois Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1096a (DIORISIS sentence 79)
ἐγκυκλίων · enkykliōn Aristotle, Oeconomica II (DIORISIS sentence 19)
ἐγκύκλια · enkyklia Aristotle, Politics 1255b (DIORISIS sentence 144)

6 of 19 attestations shown. Ask for more.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

Ask the librarian

Ask about ἐγκύκλ-ιος →