encyclios

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

encȳclĭos, on, adj., = ἐγκύκλιος,

of or belonging to a circle : disciplina = ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία, the circle of arts and sciences , the course of study which every Grecian youth went through before entering upon professional studies , Vitr. 1, 1; 6 praef.; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 1.