I.a Cyclops; in plur.: “Cyclopes, um,” the Cyclopes, a fabulous race of giants on the coast of Sicily; said to have each but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead; to them were ascribed the walls called Cyclopean; plur., Cic. Div. 2, 19, 43; Plin. 7, 56, 57, §§ 195-198; Verg. A. 6, 630; 8, 424; Hor. C. 1, 4, 7; Ov. M. 3, 305 et saep.; sing. κατ̓ ἐξοχήν, the Cyclops Polyphemus, Verg. A. 3, 617; Hor. A. P. 145; Ov. M. 13, 744 sq.; 14, 174 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146 et saep.: “Cyclopa saltare,” to imitate Polyphemus by pantomime, Hor. S. 1, 5, 63; so, “moveri,” id. Ep. 2, 2, 125 Orell.— Hence,
II. Adj.
A. Cȳ^clōpēus , a, um, = Κυκλώπειος, Cyclopean, of the Cyclopes; only plur as subst.: Cȳ^clōpēa , ōrum, n., the myth of the Cyclopes as represented in a pantomime: ludere, Treb. Poll. Gall. 8, 3; Vop. Carin. 19, 3.—
B. Cȳ^clōpĭus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the Cyclopes: “saxa, in Sicily,” Verg. A. 1, 201: “at Mycenae,” Sen. Herc. Fur. 997: “regna,” Sil. 14, 33.
