εἰσκυκλ-έω (eiskukleo)

Where it lives

Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k

What it meant

εἰσκυκλ-έω · eiskykl-eō — LSJ

wheel in, turn, inwards by machinery, withdraw it from the eyes of the spectators, has wheeled, plunge into

wheel in, esp. in a theatre, turn a thing inwards by machinery, and so, withdraw it from the eyes of the spectators, Ar. Th. 265, cf. Luc. Lex. 8 : generally, ὄψων παρασκευὴν εἰσκυκλουμένην Ath. 6.270e : metaph., πράγματα δαίμων τις ἐσκεκύκληκεν ἐς τὴν οἰκίαν some spirit has wheeled ill luck into the house, Ar. V. 1475 :—Pass., plunge into, τοῖς τῆς ἱστορίας διηγήμασι LXX 2 Ma. 2.24:—Med., c. acc., [ἡρῷʼ ἔπη].. εἰσκυκλήσομαι Poet. in BKT 5(1)p. 84.

II

εἰσκυκλήσας· περιελθών, Hsch.

In the wild

εἰσκυκλεῖσθαι · eiskykleisthai Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 2

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.

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