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"If you don't have the leisure to come out, have yourself wheeled out."[1] That is, have yourself rolled out. And ekkyklema[2] is the name for a wooden [theatrical] machine, which had wheels. [This was] the device which, when it was turned around, used to display to the spectators the things which appeared [to be] inside, as if they were being done in the house. So he is saying [this], as if [he were saying], "Make yourself visible."

Ἐγκυκλήθητι: εἰ μὴ σχολὴν ἔχεις κατελθεῖν, ἐγκυκλήθητι, τουτέστι συστράφηθι. ἐγκύκλημα δὲ λέγεται μηχάνημα ξύλινον, τροχοὺς ἔχον, ὅπερ περιστρεφόμενον τὰ δοκοῦντα ἔνδον ὡς ἐν οἰκίᾳ πράττεσθαι καὶ τοῖς θεαταῖς ἐδείκνυεν. λέγει οὖν, ὅτι κἂν φανερὸς γενοῦ.

As given here, the headword is from the verb ἐγκυκλέομαι , which means "to rotate in the sockets" (LSJ s.v.). However, the entry is clearly referring to the theatrical device the ἐκκύκλημα , and the headword should more properly be spelled ἐκκυκλήθητι ; cf. Adler's apparatus.
[1] A paraphrase of the exchange between Dikaiopolis and Euripides in Aristophanes, Acharnians 406-407 (Web address 1), followed by comment from the scholia there.
[2] Ἐκκύκλημα is the standard spelling; the variant given here, ἐγκύκλημα, is unknown to LSJ. Cf. epsilon 699.

Catharine Roth (added cross-reference; cosmetics) on 10 October 2003@22:47:32.
David Whitehead (augmented note 2; added a keyword; cosmetics) on 11 October 2003@08:48:25.
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