1. a ring, circle, round , (Homer); ἀσπίδος κύκλος the round shield, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. Adverbial usages, κύκλῳ in a circle or ring, round about , (Odyssey by Homer), attic; with genitive, κ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου (Xenophon Historicus), etc. 3. any circular body : 4. a wheel , (Iliad by Homer) 5. a place of assembly , the ἀγορά, (Iliad by Homer), attic:—;then, like Lat. corona, a ring or circle of people , (Sophocles Tragicus) 6. the vault of the sky, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 7. the orb or disk of the sun and moon, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 9. a round shield , see. above 1. 10. in plural the eye-balls, eyes , (Sophocles Tragicus):—;rarely in singular, the eye , (Sophocles Tragicus) 11. any circular motion, an orbit of the heavenly bodies, revolution of the seasons, cycle of events, (Herdotus Historicus) 12. a circular dance , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)