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The cyclic functional equation is \[ F(x_1,\dots,x_p)+F(x_2,\dots,x_p,x_{p+1})+\dots+F(x_n,x_1\dots,x_{p-1})=0. \] It is a pretty closed subject by now but the authors seem to be unaware of anything published since 1961. For example \textit{D. Z. Djoković}'s 1964 paper [Publ. Math. Inst. Hung. Acad. Sci., Ser. A 9, 51-59 (1964; Zbl 0199.47801); see also pp. 226-228 in \textit{J. Aczél}, Lectures on functional equations and their applications (Academic Press, New York and London) (1966; Zbl 0139.09301)], contains the case \(n\geq 2p-1,\) as does the present paper. The authors assume that the variables and function values are in a finite dimensional complex vector space but (see reference above) the result and proof is unchanged when the variables are in an arbitrary set (having at least \(n\) elements) and the function values are in an \(n\)-divisible abelian group. Also the generalization is offered where each term of the functional equation may contain a different function.