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cўclĭcus

cўclĭcus · adj

a cyclic poet, one of the epic poets who treated in regular order the cycle of myths from the beginning of the world to…

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What it meant

cўclĭcus — Lewis & Short

cўclĭcus, a, um, adj., = kukliko/s, prop. circular; hence,

I Cyclicus scriptor, a cyclic poet, one of the epic poets who treated in regular order the cycle of myths from the beginning of the world to the time of Telemachus, Hor. A. P. 136: cyclica carmina, cyclic poems, Isid. Orig. 6, 17, 4; cf. Liddell and Scott, s. v. kukliko/s, II.—
II Forming a complete cycle, encyclopædic: disciplinae, Mart. Cap. 9, § 998.

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