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Webster 1913 Edition

Cyclops

Cy′clops

(s?′kl?ps)
,
Noun.
s
ing.
&
pl.
[L.
Cyclops
, Gr.
Κύκλωψ
(strictly round-eyed), pl.
Κύκλωπες
;
κύκλοσ
circle +
ὤψ
eye.]
1.
(Gr. Myth.)
One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna.
☞ Pope, in his translation of the “Odyssey,” uniformly spells this word Cyclop, when used in the singular.
2.
(Zool.)
A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See
Copepoda
.
3.
A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cyclops

CYCLOPS

,
Noun.
[Gr., a circle, an eye.] In fabulous history, certain giants, the sons of Neptune and Amshitrite, who had but one circular eye in the midst of the forehead. They inhabited Sicily, and assisted Vulcan in making thunderbolts for Jupiter.

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