ἀνακύκλωσις

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ᾰ̓νにゅーκかっぱῠκλόω (anakuklóō) +‎ -σしぐまῐς (-sis), the former from ᾰ̓νにゅーᾰ- (ana-) +‎ κυκλόω (kuklóō); compare ᾰ̓νにゅーκかっぱῠ́κλησῐς (anakúklēsis).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ᾰ̓νにゅーκかっぱῠ́κλωσῐς (anakúklōsisf (genitive ᾰ̓νにゅーκかっぱῠκλώσεως); third declension

  1. Varia lectio of ᾰ̓νにゅーκかっぱῠ́κλησῐς (anakúklēsis).
  2. wheeling about
    • 170 CE – 240 CE, Herodian, History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus 4.2.9:[3], [4]
      πぱいνにゅー δでるたὲ μέγιστον χかいμみゅーαあるふぁρろーθしーたτたうνにゅー ἀρωμάτων πぱいᾶς τたうεいぷしろん ὁ τόπος πληρωθῇ, ἱππασία πぱいεいぷしろんρろーτたうὸ κατασκεύασμα ἐκかっぱεいぷしろんνにゅーοおみくろん γίγνεται, πぱいνにゅー τたうεいぷしろん τたうὸ ἱππικὸνにゅー τάγμα περιθεῖ κύκλῳ μετά τινος εいぷしろんὐταξίας κかっぱαあるふぁἀνακυκλώσεως πυρριχίῳ δρόμῳ κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ῥυθμῷ.
      epàn dè mégiston khôma arthêi tôn arōmátōn pâs te ho tópos plērōthêi, hippasía perì tò kataskeúasma ekeîno gígnetai, pân te tò hippikòn tágma peritheî kúklōi metá tinos eutaxías kaì anakuklṓseōs purrhikhíōi drómōi kaì rhuthmôi.
      • 1961 translation by Edward C. Echols[5]
        After a huge pile of aromatic material is collected, and the structure is completely filled, a cavalry exhibition is staged around the building; the entire Equestrian cavalry circles around it, following a fixed rotating pattern in the Pyrrhic choruses and maneuvers.
  3. (politics) cycle of constitutions, anacyclosis
    • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 6.9.9–10:[6]
      αあるふぁτたうηいーた πολιτειῶνにゅー ἀνακύκλωσις, αあるふぁτたうηいーた φύσεως οおみくろんἰκονομία, κかっぱαあるふぁθしーた’ ἣνにゅー μεταβάλλει κかっぱαあるふぁὶ μεθίσταται κかっぱαあるふぁὶ πάλιν εいぷしろんἰς αあるふぁτたうὰ καταντᾷ τたうὰ κατὰ τたうὰς πολιτείας.
      haútē politeiôn anakúklōsis, haútē phúseōs oikonomía, kath’ hḕn metabállei kaì methístatai kaì pálin eis hautà katantâi tà katà tàs politeías.
      • 1899 translation by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh[7]
        This is the regular cycle of constitutional revolutions, and the natural order in which constitutions change, are transformed, and return again to their original stage.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • English: anacyclosis
  • Greek: ανακύκλωση (anakýklosi)

Further reading

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