- ἐγκύκλιος
- ἐγκύκλ-ιος, ον, also α, ον Orph.A.981: ([etym.] κύκλος):—A circular, round,
χοροί E.IT429
(lyr.), Aeschin.1.10;τὸ ἐ. σῶμα Arist.Cael.286a11
; ἐ. κίνησις, φορά, motion in a circle, ib.293a11, 296a35;δρόμημα θεῶν Corp.Herm.3.3
. Adv. -ίως in a circle,φέρεσθαι Arist.Mete.339a12
, cf. Euc.Phaen.p.2 M., Hero Aut.11.8, Plu.2.1004c;καθῆσθαι Asp.in EN10.31
.II revolving in a cycle, recurrent: hence, at Athens, λῃτουργίαι ἐ. public services required regularly every year, opp. to those required at uncertain times, D.20.21; ἐ. δίκαια rights common to all citizens, Id.25.74.III ordinary, everyday,ἐν τοῖς ἐ. καὶ τοῖς καθ' ἡμέραν γιγνομένοις Isoc.3.22
, cf. 8.87, Arist.Pol.1269b35; ἐ. διακονίαι everyday duties, ib. 1263a21;τὰ ἐ. καὶ πολιτικά Epicur.Sent.Vat.58
;ἡ ἐ. διοίκησις IG12
(5).653.56 (Syros, i B.C.); ἐ. ἀναλώματα ib.1.329; ἐ. [τέλη] taxes farmed out annually, ib.11(2).161 A36, 203 A 29 (Delos, iii B. C.);ταμίαι τῶν ἐ. SIG577.11
(Milet., iii/ii B. C.).b μεγάλοις ἐ. συμπτώμασιν (sc. πάθος) commonly liable to, Phld.Ir.p.29 W.2 Arist., τὰ ἐ. φιλοσοφήματα or τὰ ἐ., = τὰ ἐξωτερικά, Cael.279a30;ἐν τοῖς ἐ. εἴρηται EN1096a3
.3 ἐ. παιδεία general education, prior to professional studies, D.H.Comp.25, Plu.2.1135d;οἱ περὶ τὰ ἐ. παιδευταί Id.Alex.7
;τὰ ἐ. παιδεύματα Id.2.7c
, cf. Vitr.6 Praef.4, Quint.Inst. 1.10.1, Ath.4.184b, Luc.Am.45; also ἐ. ἀγωγή instruction in general knowledge, Str.1.1.22; ἐ. τέχνη Olymp.Alch.p.91 B.IV ἐγκύκλιον, τό, tax on sales, PLond.3.1200 (ii B.C.), PAmh.2.53 (ii B. C.), etc.
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