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gyrus

gyrus · m

a circle

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 39 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. gȳrus — Lewis & Short

gȳrus, i, m., = gu=ros,

I a circle, esp. that which is described by a horse in its movements (mostly poet.; cf.: circus, circulus, orbis, orbita).
I Lit.: nec equi variare gyros in morem nostrum docentur, Tac. G. 6; so of a circular course, ring, for horses, Verg. G. 3, 115: carpere gyrum, id. ib. 3, 191: curvo brevius compellere gyro, Tib. 4, 1, 93; Manil. 5, 74; Ov. A. A. 3, 384; Luc. 1, 425 et saep.: adytis cum lubricus anguis ab imis Septem ingens gyros, septena volumina traxit, Verg. A. 5, 85: ducensque per aëra gyros Miluus, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 33: apes gyros volatu edunt, Plin. 11, 20, 22, § 68: grues gyros quosdam indecoro cursu peragunt, id. 10, 23, 30, § 59: quem (turbinem) pueri magno in gyro...intenti ludo exercent, Verg. A. 7, 379: in gyrum Euripo addito (in Circo), i. e. around, round about, Suet. Caes. 39.—
B Transf., the place where horses are trained, a course (poet.): gyrum pulsat equis, Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 11.—
II Trop., a circle, circuit, career, course: mensis artiore (quam annus) praecingitur circulo; angustissimum habet dies gyrum, Sen. Ep. 12; cf.: seu bruma nivalem Interiore diem gyro trahit, Hor. S. 2, 6, 26: similique gyro venient aliorum vices, circuit, course, Phaedr. 4, 26, 25: homines secundis rebus effrenatos tamquam in gyrum rationis et doctrinae duci oportere, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 70: oratorem in exiguum gyrum compellere, id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 21; cf.: attrahe vela Fortius et gyro curre, poëta, tuo, Ov. R. Am. 398: in dialecticae gyris consenescere, Gell. 16, 8, 17.

2. gyrus — Walde–Hofmann

gyrus, -i m. „Kreis“ (seit Cic., rom., ebenso gjró, -äre „(sich) im Kreise herumdrehen“ seit Itala [-1x3 seit Plin.]; spätl. Adv. und Praep. per gjrum und in ggrü = 'crcum', s. Schmalz? 516): aus gr. Tüpoq ds. 630 hà — habeo. H. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. gyrus, p. 661]

In the wild

6 of 89 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gyrus (scan p. 310; entry #4885).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. gyrus (scan pp. 661-662; entry #1294).

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