Cȳ̆clops, ōpis (acc. -ōpem or -ōpa), m., = Κύκλωψ (a round eye),
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. κατʼ 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 Cȳ̆clōpēus , a, um, = Κυκλώπειος, Cyclopean, of the Cyclopes; only plur as subst.: Cȳ̆clōpēa , ōrum, n., the myth of the Cyclopes as represented in a pantomime : ludere, Treb. Poll. Gall. 8, 3; Vop. Carin. 19, 3.—
B Cȳ̆clōpĭus , 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.