hemicyclium

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον (hēmĭkŭ́klĭon, “semicircle”), substantive of ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐος (hēmĭkŭ́klĭos, “semicircular”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [heː.mɪˈky.kli.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.miˈt͡ʃiː.kli.um] === Noun === hēmicyclium n (genitive hēmicycliī or hēmicyclī); second declension half circle, semicircle Synonym: hēmicyclus semicircular recess with seats semicircular public place furnished with rows of seats for learned discussions semicircular kind of sundial ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Related terms ==== hēmicyclus (substantive) ==== Descendants ==== → English: hemicycle → French: hémicycle === References === “hemicyclium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press