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γυρ-όω

guroo

make round

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γυρ-όω · gyr-oō — LSJ

make round, bend, wind, bind up, to be bent, to be weak

make round, οὐρανόν LXX Si. 43.12; bend, Opp. H. 2.333; wind, τρίχα ἵππου PHolm. 3.42 (γήρ- Pap.); bind up, Opp. H. 4.419; ἐπʼ αὐχένι δεσμὰ βραχίοσι γ. of a bride, ib. 159:—Pass., to be bent: hence of the aged, to be weak in body, Com.Adesp. 969.

II plant in a γῦρος, make a γῦρος round, dig, trench

plant in a γῦρος, Arat. 9, Ph. 2.294; make a γῦρος round a tree, ib. 402, Gp. 4.3.1:—Med., dig, trench, βώλακα γαίης Nic. Al. 514.

III coil oneself up

intr., coil oneself up, of the ichneumon, Opp. C. 3.440.

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