epicyclus

ĕpĭcȳ̆clus, i, m., = ἐπίκυκλος,

• a small circle having its centre on the circumference of a greater circle, an epicycle, Mart. Cap. 8, § 879.

epicyclus, ī, m. (ἐπίκυκλος), der Nebenkreis, als t. t. der Astronomie, Mart. Cap. 8. § 879. Chalcid. Tim. 81 sq. u. ö. – u. Adj. epicyclus, a, um, der Nebenkreise, globus, Chalcid. Tim. 81: circulus, ibid. 87: motus, ibid. 97.

epicyclus [LL < ἐπίκυκλος] , (astr.) epicycle. Hanv. IX 100 (v. eccentris); suppressi prudens epicyclos; abjicit illos / divinum magni pectus Aristotelis Neckam DS II 31; quilibet planeta preter solem habet epiciclum, et est epiciclus circulus parvus per cujus circumferentiam defertur corpus planete, et centrum epicicli defertur in circumferentia deferentis Sacrob. Sph. 114; Gros. 28 (v. aux a); Bacon IX 194 (v. circulus 7c); Wallingf. (Alb.) I 260 (v. eccentricitas); R. Bury Phil. 8. 127 (v. emetiri 1a); planetarum cursus erraticos in suis epiciclis Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 130.

ĕpĭcўclus, ī, m. (ἐπίκυκλος), épicycle [terme dʼastronomie]: Capel. 8, 879.