a place of assembly

συναγωγή, ῆς, ἡ (Thu. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, Just.). The term ς. is fluid, and its use as a loanword in Eng. in connection with cult suggests a technical usage that belies the extraordinary breadth of use of ς. Orig. in act. sense ‘a bringing together, assembling’, then in LXX and contemporary documents ‘a gathering’ or ‘place of assembly’.—For ins evidence relating to cultic usage s. ROster, NTS 39, ’93, 181 n. 14 (the principal corpora); for synonyms, p. 186; cp. New Docs 4, 202f.

① a place where someth. collects, gathering place of the basins in which water is gathered at the creation (Gen 1:9; cp. Jos., Ant. 15, 346 ς. ὑδάτων; Did., Gen. 25, 14 ς., ἣν καλεῖν εἰώθασιν ὠκεανόν) 1 Cl 20:6.

② a place of assembly (Cybeleins [Bilderatlas z. Religionsgesch. 9–11, 1926 p. xix no. 154] ἐν τῇ τοῦ Διὸς συναγωγῇ; s. New Docs 3, 43. Sb 4981, 6f [restored].—On συναγωγή as a room for meetings cp. συνέδρια of the meeting-houses of the Pythagoreans Polyb. 2, 39, 1).

ⓐ of the Jewish synagogue (it is used for a place of assembly for Jews in Philo, Omn. Prob. Lib. 81 [w. ref. to the Essenes]; Jos., Bell. 2, 285; 289; 7, 44, Ant. 19, 300; 305; CIG 9894; 9904; BCH 21, 1897 p. 47; Συναγωγὴ Ἑβραίων in Corinth [s. Κόρινθος, end], in Rome [CIG IV, 9909] and ILydiaKP III, 42 p. 32ff.—S. AvHarnack, Mission⁴ II 1924, p. 568, 2; GKittel, TLZ 69, ’44, 11f.—Orig., C. Cels. 6, 23, 3; Hippol., Ref. 9, 12, 7); people came to the συν. to worship God Mt 4:23; 6:2, 5; 9:35; 12:9; 13:54; Mk 1:39; 3:1; 6:2; Lk 4:15; 6:6; J 18:20. In the same buildings court was also held and punishment was inflicted: Mt 10:17; 23:34; Mk 13:9; Lk 12:11; 21:12; Ac 22:19; 26:11 (HKee, NTS 36, ’90, 1–24 perceives Acts as reading a post-70 situation into Paul’s career; rejoinder ROster, ibid 39, ’93, 178–208, with caution against reliance on mere transliteration of ς. and w. conclusion that Luke is not guilty of anachronism; response by Kee, ibid. 40, ’94, 281–83 [also 41, ’95, 481–500], w. observation that the inscription from the syngagogue of Theodotus in Jerusalem [s. Dssm. LO 378–80=LAE 439–41; Boffo, Iscrizioni no. 31] may well be no earlier than IV A.D.; for critique of Kee’s views s. also ESanders, Jewish Law from Jesus to the Mishnah, ’87, 341–43 notes 28 and 29. For early use in reference to a Jewish synagogue, s. New Docs 4, 202, IBerenike 16, 5 [55 A.D.] of a building, ln. 3 of members meeting in it). Synagogues are also mentioned as existing in Antioch in Pisidia 13:14; Athens 17:17; Berea vs. 10; Damascus 9:20; Ephesus 18:19 (GHorsley, The Inscriptions of Ephesus and the NT: NovT 34, ’92, 105–68); Capernaum Mk 1:21; Lk 4:33; 7:5; J 6:59 (HKohl and CWatzinger, Antike Synagogen in Galiläa 1916; HVincent, RB 30, 1921, 438ff; 532ff; GOrfali, Capharnaum et ses ruines 1922); Corinth Ac 18:4 (s. New Docs 3, 121); Ephesus 19:8; Nazareth Lk 4:16; Salamis on the island of Cyprus Ac 13:5; Thessalonica 17:1.—ESukenik, Ancient Synagogues in Palestine and Greece ’34.—On the building of synagogues by patrons s. TRajak, Benefactors in the Greco-Jewish Diaspora, in MHengel Festschr. I ’96, 307 n. 7 lit.—On the relationship betw. συναγωγή and προσευχή (q.v. 2) s. SKrauss, Synagogale Altertümer 1922, 11; Boffo, Iscrizioni 39–46; Pauly-W. 2d ser. IV ’32, 1284–1316; ERivkin, AHSilver Festschr. ’63, 350–54.—AGroenman, De Oorsprong der Joodsche Synagoge: NThT 8, 1919, 43–87; 137–88; HStrack, RE XIX 221–26; Elbogen² 444ff; 571ff; Billerb. IV, 115–52 (the Syn. as an institution), 153–88 (the Syn. services); GDalman, Jesus-Jeshua (tr. PLevertoff) 1929, 38–55; SSafrai, MStern et al., The Jewish People in the 1st Century II, ’77, 908–44; LLevine, The Second Temple Synagogue, The Formative Years: The Synagogue in Late Antiquity ’87, 7–31; Schürer II 423–63; III 138–49; s. also lit. cited by Oster, Kee, and Boffo above.

ⓑ an assembly-place for Judeo-Christians (Nazarenes) can also be meant in Js 2:2 (so LRost, PJ 29, ’33, 53–66, esp. 54f but s. 4 below). εἰς ς. πλήρη ἀνδρῶν Hm 11:14 (cp. the superscription on a Marcionite assembly-place near Damascus συναγωγὴ Μαρκιωνιστῶν [OGI 608, 1 fr. 318/19 A.D.]; Harnack, SBBerlAK 1915, 754ff). S. 5 below.

③ the members of a synagogue, (the congregation of a) synagogue (Just., D. 53, 4 al.; references for this usage in Schürer II 423f; III 81–86; EPeterson, Byz.-Neugriech. Jahrbücher 2, 1921, 208)

ⓐ of localized synagogues Ac 6:9 (Schürer II 428; cp. CIJ 683 [=Corpus Ins. Regni Bosporani ’65 no. 70], for translation and ill. see RMackennan, Bar 22/2, ’96, 47); 9:2.

ⓑ in a limited sense, of those who consider themselves Ἰουδαῖοι but are hostile to Christians (who also identify themselves as Ἰουδαῖοι whether Israelite by descent or believers from the nations—on the mixed composition of the followers of Jesus Christ s. Ac 13:43; ISm 1:2), and are called (instead of συναγωγὴ κυρίου: Num 16:3; 20:4; 27:17; Josh 22:16; Ps 73:2) συναγωγὴ τοῦ σατανᾶ synagogue of Satan Rv 2:9; 3:9 (cp. Just., D. 104, 1 ἡ ς. τῶν πονηρευομένων; s. 5 below).

④ a synagogal meeting, a meeting, gathering for worship, of the Judeans λυθείσης τῆς συναγωγῆς Ac 13:43 (s. λύω 3).—Transferred to meetings of Judeo-Christian congregations (cp. TestBenj 11:2, 3; Just., D. 63, 5; 124, 1; Theoph. Ant. 2, 14 [p. 136, 12]) ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃ εἰς συναγωγὴν ὑμῶν Js 2:2 (this is the preferred interpr.: HermvSoden, Ropes, Meinertz, FHauck; s. 2b above). συναγωγὴ ἀνδρῶν δικαίων Hm 11:9, 13, cp. 14. πυκνότερον συναγωγαὶ γινέσθωσαν meetings (of the congregation) should be held more often IPol 4:2. (συναγ. is also found outside Jewish and Christian circles for periodic meetings; s. the exx. in MDibelius, Jakobus 1921 p. 124, 1. Also Philo Bybl.: 790 Fgm. 4, 52 Jac. [in Eus., PE 1, 10, 52] Ζωροάστρης ἐν τῇ ἱερᾷ συναγωγῇ τῶν Περσικῶν φησι; OGI 737, 1 [II B.C.] ς. ἐν τῷ Ἀπολλωνείῳ; PLond 2710 recto, 12: HTR 29, ’36, 40; 51.—Sb 8267, 3 [5 B.C.] honorary ins of a polytheistic ς.=association. W. ref. to the imperial cult BGU 1137, 2 [6 B.C.]. On the Christian use of the word s. also ADeissmann, Die Urgeschichte des Christentums im Lichte der Sprachforschung 1910, 35f).

⑤ a group of pers. who band together, freq. with hostile intent, band, gang ς. πονηρευομένων (Ps 21:17) B 5:13; 6:6; GJs 15:1 v.l. (for σύνοδος).—SSafrai, The Synagogue: CRINT I/2, 908–44; WSchrage, BHHW III 1906–10; Kl. Pauly V 451f.—S. ἀρχισυναγωγός and New Docs 4, 213–20. DELG s.v. ἄγω. EDNT. DLNT 1141–46. M-M. TW.

ἀγωνιστήριον

place of assembly: neut nom /voc /acc sg

ἀγωνιστήριος

place of assembly: masc acc sg

ἀγωνιστήριος

place of assembly: neut nom /voc /acc sg

ἀγωνιστήριον

place of assembly: neut nom /voc /acc sg

ἀγωνιστήριος

place of assembly: masc acc sg

ἀγωνιστήριος

place of assembly: neut nom /voc /acc sg

εἴρᾱ, εἴρη

a place of assembly: fem nom /voc /acc dual

εἴρᾱ, εἴρη

a place of assembly: fem nom /voc sg (attic doric aeolic)

εἴρᾱ, εἶρος

wool: neut nom /voc /acc pl (doric aeolic)

εἴρᾱͅ, εἴρη

a place of assembly: fem dat sg (attic doric aeolic)

εἴρω

fasten together in rows: aor ind act 1st sg

εἴρω

fasten together in rows: aor ind act 1st sg (homeric ionic)

ἀγορά [pron. full] [ᾰγ], ᾶς, [dialect] Ion. [full] ἀγορή, ῆς, ἡ, ([etym.] ἀγείρω):—

A assembly, esp. of the People, opp. the Council of Chiefs, Il.2.93, Od.2.69, etc.; τοῖσιν δ' οὔτ' ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι (sc. Κυκλώπεσσι) Od.9.112;

ὀρθῶν ἑσταότων ἀ γένετ' οὐδέ τις ἔτλη ἕζεσθαι Il.18.246

; ἀ. Πυλάτιδες, of the Amphictyonic Council at Pylae, S.Tr. 638, cf. Ion Eleg.1.3;

μακάρων ἀ. Pi.I. 8(7).29

, cf. AB210; ἀγορήνδε καλέσσασθαι, κηρύσσειν, Il.1.54, 2.51; ἀγορὴν ποιήσασθαι, θέσθαι, Il.8.489, Od.9.171; εἰς ἀ. ἰέναι, ἀγέρεσθαι, 8.12, Il.18.245;

ἀγορήνδε καθέζεσθαι Od.1.372

.—Not common in Prose,

ἀγορὰν συνάγειν, συλλέγειν X.An.5.7.3

;

ποιῆσαι Aeschin.3.27

;

ἀγορὰς ποιεῖσθαι Hyp.Fr. 150

: of the assembly in Attic demes, D.44.36, IG2.585, al.;

ἀ. συνέδριον φυλετῶν καὶ δημοτῶν AB327

: in late Prose, ἀ. δικῶν προθεῖναι, καταστήσασθαι, = Lat. conventus agere, Luc.Bis Acc. 4,12: meeting for games, Pi.N.3.14: metaph.,

μυρμήκων ἀ. Luc. Icar.19

: prov., θεῶν ἀ. 'Babel', Suid., etc.

II place of assembly,

τοὺς δ' εὗρ' εἰν ἀγορῇ Il.7.382

;

ἵνα σφ' ἀ. τε θέμις τε 11.807

, cf.Od.6.266; pl., Od.8.16;

οὔτε.. εἰς ἀ. ἔρχεται οὔτε δίκας Thgn. 268

.

2 market-place, perh. not earlier than Hom.Epigr. 14.5 πολλὰ μὲν εἰν ἀγορῇ πωλεύμενα, πολλὰ δ' ἀγυιαῖς; freq. in later authors,

πρυμνοῖς ἀγορᾶς ἔπι Pi.P.5.93

;

θεοὶ.. ἀγορᾶς ἐπίσκοποι A.Th. 272

;

μέση Τραχινίων ἀ. S.Tr. 424

;

ἀγορᾷ οὐδὲ ἄστει δέχεσθαι Th.6.44

;

ὀλιγάκις.. ἀγορᾶς χραίνων κύκλον E.Or. 919

; οἱ ἐκ τῆς ἀ. market people, X.An.1.2.18;

ἐξ ἀγορᾶς εἶ Ar.Eq. 181

, etc.; εἰς ἀ. ἐμβάλλειν to go into the forum, i. e. be a citizen, Lycurg.5; ἐν τῇ ἀ. ἐργάζεσθαι to trade in the market, D.57.31; εἰς τὴν ἀ. χειροτονεῖν (opp. ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον ) 'for the market', Id.4.26; the Roman Forum, D.H.5.48.

III business of the ἀγορά:

1 public speaking, gift of speaking, mostly in pl., ἔσχ' ἀγοράων withheld him from speaking, Il.2.275; οἱ δ' ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον ib. 788, cf. Od.4.818;

ᾠδὴν ἀντ' ἀγορῆς θέμενος Sol.1

.

2 market,

ἀγορὰν παρασκευάζειν Th.7.40

, X. HG3.4.11;

ἀ. παρέχειν Th.6.44

, etc.;

ἄγειν X.An.5.7.33

, etc.; opp. ἀγορᾷ χρῆσθαι to have supplies, ib.7.6.24;

τῆς ἀ. εἴργεσθαι Th.1.67

, Plu.Per.29; ἀ. ἐλευθέρα, i. e. καθαρὰ τῶν ὠνίων πάντων, Arist.Pol. 1331a31, cf. X.Cyr.1.2.3; opp.

ἀ. ἀναγκαία Arist.Pol. 1331b11

; generally, provisions, supplies, PPetr.3p.131 (iii B. C.), PS14.354 (iii B. C.), al.; in pl., Nic.Dam.p.6.17 D.; ἀγορὰς περικόπτειν cut off supplies, D.H.10.43.

b market, sale, ἀ. τῶν βιβλίων, τῶν παρθένων, Luc. Ind.19, Ael.VH4.1, cf. Nicoch.7.

IV as a mark of time, ἀ. πλήθουσα the forenoon, when the market-place was full,

ἀγορῆς πληθυούσης Hdt.4.181

;

πληθούσης ἀγορᾶς X.Mem.1.1.10

, cf. SIG695.38 (Magn. Mae.); περὶ or

ἀμφὶ ἀ. πλήθουσαν X.An.2.1.7

, 1.8.1;

ἐν ἀ. πληθούσῃ Pl.Grg. 469d

, cf. Th.8.92; also

ἀγορῆς πληθώρη Hdt.2.173

, 7.223; poet.,

ἐν ἀ. πλήθοντος ὄχλου Pi.P.4.85

;

πρὶν ἀ. πεπληθέναι Pherecr.29

: ἀγορῆς διάλυσις the time just after mid-day, when they went home from market, Hdt.3.104, cf.X.Oec.12.1.

V marketday, = Lat. nundinae, D.H.7.58.

ἀγωνιστήριον

place of assembly: neut dat sg

ἀγωνιστήριος

place of assembly: masc /neut dat sg

ἀγωνιστήριον

place of assembly: neut dat sg

ἀγωνιστήριος

place of assembly: masc /neut dat sg

ἀγωνιστήριον

place of assembly: neut nom /voc /acc pl

ἀγωνιστήριος

place of assembly: neut nom /voc /acc pl

ἀγωνιστήριον

place of assembly: neut nom /voc /acc pl

ἀγωνιστήριος

place of assembly: neut nom /voc /acc pl

εἴρᾱς, εἴρη

a place of assembly: fem acc pl

εἴρᾱς, εἴρη

a place of assembly: fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic)

εἴρᾱς, εἴρω

fasten together in rows: aor part act masc nom /voc sg (attic epic ionic)

εἴρᾱς, εἴρη

a place of assembly: fem acc pl

εἴρᾱς, εἴρη

a place of assembly: fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic)

εἴρᾱς, εἴρω

fasten together in rows: aor part act masc nom /voc sg (attic epic ionic)

εἴρη

a place of assembly: fem nom /voc sg (epic ionic)

εἶρος

wool: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric)

εἶρος

wool: neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric aeolic)

εἰρέω

say: pres imperat act 2nd sg (doric aeolic)

εἰρέω

say: imperf ind act 3rd sg (doric aeolic)

ἔρομαι

ask: pres subj mp 2nd sg (epic ionic)

ἔρομαι

ask: pres ind mp 2nd sg (epic ionic)

εἴρη

a place of assembly: fem dat sg (epic ionic)

εἴρω

fasten together in rows: aor subj mid 2nd sg

εἴρω

fasten together in rows: aor subj act 3rd sg

εἴρω

fasten together in rows: pres subj mp 2nd sg

εἴρω

fasten together in rows: pres ind mp 2nd sg

εἴρω

fasten together in rows: pres subj act 3rd sg

εἴρω 2

say: pres subj mid 2nd sg (epic ionic)

εἴρω 2

say: pres ind mid 2nd sg (epic ionic)

συνᾰγωγ-ή, ἡ,

A a bringing together:

I of persons,

ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικός Pl.Tht. 150a

; collecting, ὄχλων, ἀνδρῶν, etc., Plb.4.7.6, D.L.2.129, etc.;

συμποσίου Ath.5.192b

; assembling, meeting,

τῶν λογιστῶν IG12.91.9

, cf. Test.Epict.4.7.

2 assembly, LXX Ex.12.3, OGI737.1 (Egypt, ii B.C.), etc.;

τῶν συνέδρων IG5(1).1390.49

(Andania, i B.C.), cf. Test.Epict.4.25; place of assembly, esp. of the Jewish synagogue, Ev.Luc.8.41, Act.Ap.9.2, BCH 56.293 ([place name] Stobi), etc.; meeting-house,

Μαρκιωνιστῶν OGI608.1

(Syria, iv A.D.); conventicle, Cod.Just.1.5.18.3.

II of things, σ. [τῶν ἐκπεπταμένων] Hp.Off.11, cf. Epicur.Nat.14.4, etc.; opp. διαιρέσεις, Pl.Phdr. 266b; σ. πολέμου levying of war, Th.2.18; gathering in of harvest,

τοῦ σίτου PCair.Zen.433.5

(iii B.C.), Plb.1.17.9, etc.;

Χρημάτων Democr.222

, SIG410.14 (Erythrae, iii B.C.), Plb.27.12.2, cf. Phld.Oec.p.51 J.;

ὑδάτων LXX Ge.1.9

(pl.), cf. Le.11.36; πύου Heras ap.Gal.13.815 (pl.);

ξύλων PMich.Zen.84.15

(iii B.C.); harvest,

ἑορτὴ συναγωγῆς LXX Ex.34.22

.

2 drawing together, contracting, συναγωγὰς καὶ ἐκτάσεις στρατιᾶς forming an army in column or in line, Pl.R. 526d; contraction of ranks either in front or depth, Arr.Tact.11.3; αἱ τοῦ προσώπου ς. pursing up or wrinkling of the face, Isoc.9.44;

μετώπου Hp.Coac. 210

; bringing together, closing up of a wound, Gal.10.191;

σ. τῶν μηρῶν Sor.2.41

;

τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν Arist.Pr. 876b10

; opp. διαστολή, Id.Ph. 217b15; σ. ἔχειν, σ. λαμβάνειν, = συνάγεσθαι, Thphr.HP3.10.5, PCair.Zen.54.6 (iii B.C.), Str.8.2.3, cf. 12.2.4.

3 collection,

τῶν νόμων καὶ τῶν πολιτειῶν Arist.EN 1181b7

(pl.); of writings, D.H.2.27, Cic.Att.9.13.3, 16.5.5, Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.114, Gal.12.836, Orib.1Prooem.2.

4 combination, [ πολιτειῶν] Arist.Pol. 1316b40.

5 conclusion, inference, Id.Rh. 1400b26, 1410a22, Gal.16.676, S.E.P.2.143, 170; cogent reasoning, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.89; demonstration, Phld.Rh.1.91 S.

κύκλος, ὁ ([dialect] Dor. ἁ, v. infr. 11.11), also with heterocl. pl.

A

κύκλα Il.

, etc., v. infr.11.1, 3,9, 111.1:—ring, circle, ὅπποτέ μιν δόλιον περὶ κύκλον ἄγωσιν, of the circle which hunters draw round their game, Od.4.792; κ. δέκα χάλκεοι (concentric) circles of brass on a round shield, Il.11.33, cf. 20.280; but ἀσπίδος κύκλον λέγω the round shield itself, A.Th. 489, cf. 496, 591.

2 Adverbial usages, κύκλῳ in a circle or ring, round about,

κ. ἁπάντῃ Od.8.278

;

κ. πάντῃ X.An.3.1.2

;

πανταχῇ D.4.9

;

τὸ κ. πέδον Pi.O.10(11).46

;

κ. περιάγειν Hdt.4.180

;

λίμνη.. ἐργασμένη εὖ κ. Id.2.170

;

τρέχειν κ. Ar.Th. 662

;

περιέπλεον αὐτοὺς κ. Th.2.84

;

οἱ κ. βασιλεῖς X.Cyr.7.2.23

; ἡ κ. περιφορά, κίνησις, Pl.Lg. 747a, Alex. Aphr.in Top.218.3: freq. with περί or words compounded there with, round about,

κ. πέριξ A.Pers. 368

, 418;

περιστῆναι κ. Hdt.1.43

;

βωμὸν κ. περιστῆναι A.Fr. 379

;

ἀμφιχανὼν κ. S.Ant. 118

(lyr.);

περιστεφῆ κ. Id.El. 895

;

περισταδὸν κ. E.Andr. 1137

;

κ. περιϊέναι Pl.Phd. 72b

, etc.;

τοῦ φλοιοῦ περιαιρεθέντος κ. Thphr.HP4.15.1

; so κ. περὶ αὐτήν round about it, Hdt.1.185;

περὶ τὰ δώματα κ. Id.2.62

; also κύκλῳ c. acc., without

περί, ἐπιστήσαντες κ. σῆμα Id.4.72

;

πάντα τὸν τόπον τοῦτον κ. D.4.4

: c.gen.,

κ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου X.Cyr.4.5.5

;

τὰ κ. τῆς Ἀττικῆς D.18.96

, cf. PFay. 110.7 (i A.D.), etc.: metaph., around or from all sides, S.Ant. 241, etc.; κεντουμένη κύκλῳ ἡ ψυχή all over, Pl.Phdr. 251d; τὰ κ. the circumstances, Arist.Rh. 1367b29, EN 1117b2; ἡ κ. ἀπόδειξις, of arguing in a circle, Id.APo. 72b17, cf. APr. 57b18: with Preps.,

ἐν κ. S.Aj. 723

, Ph. 356, E.Ba. 653, Ar.V. 432, etc.;

ἅπαντες ἐν κ. Id.Eq. 170

, Pl. 679: c. gen., E.HF 926, Th.3.74;

κατὰ κύκλον Emp.17.13

.

II any circular body:

1 wheel, Il.23.340; in which sense the heterocl. pl. κύκλα is mostly used, 5.722, 18.375; τοὺς λίθους ἀνατιθεῖσι ἐπὶ τὰ κύκλα on the janker, IG12.350.47.

2 trencher, SIG57.32 (Milet., v B.C.), Abh.Berl.Akad.1928(6).29 ([place name] Cos), Poll.6.84.

3 place of assembly, of the

ἀγορά, ἱερὸς κ. Il.18.504

;

ὁ κ. τοῦ Ζηνὸς τὠγοραίου Schwyzer 701

B6 (Erythrae, v B.C.); ἀγορᾶς κ. (cf. κυκλόεις) E.Or. 919; of the amphitheatre, D.C.72.19.

b crowd of people standing round, ring or circle of people,

κ. τυραννικός S.Aj. 749

; κύκλα χαλκέων ὅπλων, i.e. of armed men, dub. in Id.Fr.210.9, cf. X. Cyr.7.5.41: abs., E.Andr. 1089, X.An.5.7.2 (both pl.), Diph.55.3.

c place in the ἀγορά where domestic utensils were sold, Alex.99.

4 vault of the sky,

ὁ κ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Hdt.1.131

, LXX 1 Es.4.34;

πυραυγέα κ. αἰθέρος h.Hom.8.6

, cf. E. Ion 1147;

ὁ ἄνω κ. S.Ph. 815

;

ἐς βάθος κύκλου Ar.Av. 1715

;

νυκτὸς αἰανὴς κ. S.Aj. 672

; γαλαξίας κ. the milky way, Placit.2.7.1, al., Poll.4.159; also

ὁ τοῦ γάλακτος κ. Arist. Mete. 345a25

;

πολιοῖο γάλακτος κ. Arat.511

.

b μέγιστος κ. great circle, Autol.Sph.2, al.;

μ. κ. τῶν ἐν τῇ σφαίρᾳ Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.30

, cf. Gem.5.70; κ. ἰσημερινός, θερινός, etc., Ph.1.27;

χειμερινός Gem.5.7

, Cleom.1.2; ἀρκτικός, ἀνταρκτικός, Gem.5.2,9;

ὁ κ. ὁ τῶν ζῳδίων Arist. Mete. 343a24

; ὁ ὁρίζων κ. the horizon, Id.Cael. 297b34; παράλληλοι κ., of parallels of latitude, Autol.Sph.1: in pl., the zones, Stoic.2.196.

5 orb, disk of the sun and moon,

ἡλίου κ. A.Pr.91

, Pers. 504, S.Ant. 416;

πανσέληνος κ. E. Ion 1155

; μὴ οὐ πλήρεος ἐόντος τοῦ κύκλου (sc. τῆς σελήνης) Hdt.6.106: in pl., the heavenly bodies, IG14.2012A9 (Sulp. Max.).

6 circle or wall round a city, esp. round Athens,

ὁ Ἀθηνέων κ. Hdt.1.98

, cf. Th.2.13, etc.;

οὐχὶ τὸν κ. τοῦ Πειραιῶς, οὐδὲ τοῦ ἄστεως D.18.300

.

b circular fort, Th.6.99, al.

7 round shield, v. sub init.

8 in pl., eye-balls, eyes, S.OT 1270, Ph. 1354;

ὀμμάτων κ. Id.Ant. 974

(lyr.): rarely in sg., eye,

ὁ αἰὲν ὁρῶν κ. Διός Id.OC 704

(lyr.).

9 οἱ κ. τοῦ προσώπου cheeks, Hp.Morb.2.50;

κύκλα παρειῆς Nonn.D.33.190

, 37.412; but κύκλος μαζοῦ, poet. for μαζός, is f.l. in Tryph.34.

10 κ. ἐλαίης an olive wreath, Orph.A. 325 (pl.).

11 cycle or collection of legends or poems,

κύκλον ἱστορημέναν ὑπὲρ Κρήτας GDI5187.9

([place name] Crete); esp. of the Epic cycle,

ὁ ἐπικὸς κ. Ath. 7.277e

, Procl. ap. Phot.Bibl.p.319 B., cf. Arist.Rh. 1417a15; of the corpus of legends compiled by Dionysius Scytobrachion, Ath.11.481e, cf. Sch. Od.2.120; κ. ἐπιγραμμάτων Suid.s.v. Ἀγαθίας; cf.

κυκλικός 11

.

III circular motion, orbit of the heavenly bodies,

κύκλον ἰέναι Pl.Ti. 38d

;

οὐρανὸς.. μιᾷ περιαγωγῇ καὶ κύκλῳ συναναχορεύει τούτοις Arist.Mu. 391b18

; revolution of the seasons,

ἐνιαυτοῦ κ. E.Or. 1645

, Ph. 477; τὸν ἐνιαύσιον κ. the yearly cycle, ib. 544;

ἑπτὰ.. ἐτῶν κ. Id.Hel. 112

; μυρία κύκλα ζώειν, i.e. years, AP7.575 (Leont.): hence κ. τῶν ἀνθρωπηΐων ἐστὶ πρηγμάτων human affairs revolve in cycles, Hdt.1.207;

φασὶ.. κύκλον εἶναι τὰ ἀνθρώπινα πράγματα Arist.Ph. 223b24

, al.;

κ. κακῶν D.C.44.29

; κύκλου ἐξέπταν, i.e. from the cycle of rebirths, Orph.Fr. 32c.6.

b ἐν τοῖς κ. εἶναι to be in train, of an affair, PEleph.14.24 (iii B.C.).

2 circular dance (cf. κύκλιος)

, χωρεῖτε νῦν ἱερὸν ἀνὰ κ. Ar.Ra. 445

, cf. Simon.148.9, E.Alc. 449 (lyr.).

3 in Rhet., a rounded period,

περιόδου κύκλος D.H.Comp.19

, cf. 22, 23.

b period which begins and ends with the same word, Hermog.Inv.4.8.

4 in Metre, a kind of anapaest, v.l. for κυκλικός in D.H.Comp.17.

IV sphere, globe, Pl.Lg. 898a. [[pron. full] ῠ by nature, S.Ant. 416, Aj. 672, etc., but freq. long by position in Hom. and Trag.]

θέᾱτρον, [dialect] Ion. [full] θέητρον, τό, ([etym.] θεάομαι)

A place for seeing, esp.for dramatic representation, theatre, Hdt.6.67, IG22.1176, al.; as a place of assembly, Th.8.93, Lys.13.32, SIG976.4 (Samos, ii B.C.), Posidon.36 J., Act.Ap.19.20, etc.; θ. κυνηγετικόν, of the Roman amphitheatre, D.C. 43.22; εἰς τὸ θ. εἰσφέρειν to bring upon the stage, Isoc.12.122; τὸ καλὸν τοῦ θ. a good place in the theatre, Ael.VH2.13, cf. Alciphr.3.20.

2 collective for οἱ θεαταί, the spectators, 'the house', Hdt.6.21, Ar.Eq. 233, al., Pl.Smp. 194b, Com.Adesp.3D.: metaph.,

ἐκάθηντο θέατρον αὐτῷ Lib.Ep.722.4

.

3 = θέαμα, spectacle,

θ. ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ 1 Ep.Cor.4.9

.

4 metaph., of life,

τουτὶ τὸ θ. ὑπεκρίθημεν Porph.Marc.2

.

ἡμι-κύκλιος, ον, ([etym.] κύκλος)

A semicircular, Sch. A.R.4.1613:—also [suff] ἡμί-κυκλος, ον

, στοά Philostr.Im.1.12

, cf. Hld.8.14.

II as Subst., [suff] ἡμι-κύκλιον, τό, semicircle, Arist.APo. 41b17, Ph. 264b24; hemisphere, Ach.Tat.Intr.Arat.27, Heph.Astr.2.11; of a tactical formation, κατὰ τὸ ἡ. Onos.21.5.

2 a place for public entertainment or meeting, Plu.Alc.17, Nic.12; Place of assembly at Samos, Porph.VP9.

3 semicircular seat, armchair, Cic.Lael.1.2, Poll.6.9.

4 semicircular dial, Vitr.9.8.1.

5 semicircular statue-base, IG11(2).287B73 (Delos, iii B.C.), BCH29.543 (ibid.); drum of a half-column, Rev.Phil.43.182 (Didym.).

6 barrel-vault, Ph.Bel. 87.12.

7 theatrical machine, described by Poll.4.127, 131.

ἀγωνιστηρίᾱν, ἀγωνιστήριος

place of assembly: fem acc sg (attic doric aeolic)

ἀγωνιστηρίᾱν, ἀγωνιστήριος

place of assembly: fem acc sg (attic doric aeolic)

ἀγωνιστήριος

place of assembly: masc acc pl

ἀγωνιστήριος

place of assembly: masc acc pl