cyclops

plural cyclopes · plural cyclopses · alternative Cyclops · alternative Kyklops

1. GreekRomanhuman sciencesA one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
2. A one-eyed creature of any species.
3. derogatoryA person with only one working eye.
4. biologyAny copepod in the genus Cyclops.
5. hobbiesA small magnifying lens in the crystal of a watch to aid in reading the date.

plural Cyclopes · plural Cyclopses

1. human sciencesAlternative letter-case form of cyclops

   If a Cyclops is awake and knows you're after his Eye, he will make every effort to destroy you and crush you to jelly.

   2015 October 6, Martin Olson, Olivia Olson, Adventure Time: The Enchiridion & Marcy's Super Secret Scrapbook!!!, ABRAMS, →ISBN

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   The Cyclopses thus initially assume that Polyphemus's suffering has been intentionally inflicted by some hostile figure.

   1993, Mette Hjort, The Strategy of Letters, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 2

   The Cyclops blinked. "When had that happened?" I shouted to the elephant the words B'raen meeloh aka, which are powerful Elvish words of command.

   2013 April 3, Jeffrey Getzin, A Lesson for the Cyclops, Jeffrey Getzin

   Could this have been a Cyclops worshipped as a 'hero'—since a hero's grave was a regular site for dedications and offerings?

   2020 May 7, Mercedes Aguirre, Richard Buxton, Cyclops: The Myth and its Cultural History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

1. Polyphemus, a cyclops character from Homer's Odyssey.

   What was the consequence of killing Cyclops?

   1875, Royal Robbins, Outlines of Ancient & Modern History on a New Plan ..., page 15

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   Equally effective is the blinding of Cyclops by Odysseus's men , who run up the inclined surface of the platform to thrust a long makeshift spear into a vividly projected eyeball.

   1987, Theatre Design & Technology: Journal of the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology

   This is not to say that Euripides regarded Odysseus and Cyclops as poetological figures, or to suggest that the primary function of Cyclops was to offer a commentary about satire[…]

   2007 May 11, Ralph Rosen, Making Mockery: The Poetics of Ancient Satire, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 144