cyclicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυκλικός (kuklikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈky.kli.kus/, [ˈkʏklʲɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.kli.kus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːklikus]

Adjective

cyclicus (feminine cyclica, neuter cyclicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of a cycle (of epic poems), cyclic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cyclicus	cyclica	cyclicum		cyclicī	cyclicae	cyclica
Genitive	cyclicī	cyclicae	cyclicī		cyclicōrum	cyclicārum	cyclicōrum
Dative	cyclicō		cyclicō		cyclicīs
Accusative	cyclicum	cyclicam	cyclicum		cyclicōs	cyclicās	cyclica
Ablative	cyclicō	cyclicā	cyclicō		cyclicīs
Vocative	cyclice	cyclica	cyclicum		cyclicī	cyclicae	cyclica

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: cíclic (learned)
• →⇒ Czech: cyklický
• →⇒ Dutch: cyclisch
• → English: cyclic
• →⇒ Finnish: syklinen
• → French: cyclique (learned)
• → Friulian: ciclic (learned)
• →⇒ German: zyklisch
• → Italian: ciclico (learned)
• → Portuguese: cíclico (learned)
• → Romanian: ciclic (learned)
• →⇒ Slovak: cyklický
• → Spanish: cíclico (learned)

References

• “cyclicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cyclicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers