κίρκος

A. hawk or falcon, ἴρηξ κίρκος (where ἴρηξ is the generic term, κίρκος the specific), Od. 13.87, cf. Il. 22.139, A. Pr. 857, Arist. HA 620a18, Opp. C. 1.64; κίρκου λεπάργου A. Fr. 304.5. (The species cannot be identified.)

II. a kind of wolf, Opp. C. 3.304.

III. circle, mostly in form κρίκος (q.v.): hence, ring, IG 11 (2).161 B 49 (Delos, iii B.C.): poet. for Prose κρίκος acc. to Poll. 1.94:—neut. pl. κίρκα ἢ καταδέσματα PMag.Lond. 121.299.

IV. later, = Lat.circus, Plb. 30.22.2, Arr. Epict. 3.16.14, Plu. Aem. 32.

V. unknown stone, Plin. HN 37.153.

VI. = κωπηλάτης, Hsch., Phot.

VII. = ἡ τοῦ αἰγείρου βλάστησις, Hsch.