The corpus record — Latin

gyro

gyro · v. a

to turn round in a circle

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Where it lives

Punica 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

gȳro — Lewis & Short

gȳro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.gyrus.

I Act., to turn round in a circle, wheel round (post-Aug. and very rare).—

A Lit.: animal difficile se gyrabit, Veg. Vet. 3, 5. —

B To go around a thing: omnes greges, Vulg. Gen. 30, 32; id. Judith, 13, 12.—

II Neutr., to turn around: post tergum eorum, Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 23: per viam, id. Eccl. 1, 6: per meridiem, id. 1 Macc. 13, 20: Ambros. in Psa. 118; Serm. 12, § 20.—

III Transf.: gȳrātus, made in a circular form, rounded: chlamys orbe gyrato laciniosa, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62.

In the wild

gyrato Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.10.p1
gyroque Silius Italicus, Punica 4.451

Where it came from

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