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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>gȳrus</b>: i, m., = [[γῦρος]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[circle]], esp. [[that]] [[which]] is described by a [[horse]] in its movements ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; cf.: [[circus]], [[circulus]], [[orbis]], [[orbita]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., the [[place]] [[where]] horses are [[trained]], a [[course]] ([[poet]].): gyrum pulsat equis, Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 11.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>gȳrus</b>,¹² ī, m. ([[γῦρος]]),<br /><b>1</b> cercle que l’on fait faire au cheval, volte : Virg. G. 3, 115 ; 3, 191 ; Tac. G. 6 &#124;&#124; cercle, rond : Virg. En. 5, 85 ; Ov. Am. 2, 6, 33 ; Plin. 10, 59 ; 11, 68 ; [fig.] Hor. S. 2, 6, 26 ; Sen. Ep. 12, 6 &#124;&#124; pl., [fig.] détours, subtilités : Gell. 16, 8, 17<br /><b>2</b> manège où l’on dresse les chevaux : Prop. 3, 14, 11 &#124;&#124; [fig.] = dressage : Cic. Off. 1, 90 &#124;&#124; = carrière : Cic. de Or. 3, 70.||cercle, rond : Virg. En. 5, 85 ; Ov. Am. 2, 6, 33 ; Plin. 10, 59 ; 11, 68 ; [fig.] Hor. S. 2, 6, 26 ; Sen. Ep. 12, 6||pl., [fig.] détours, subtilités : Gell. 16, 8, 17<br /><b>2</b> manège où l’on dresse les chevaux : Prop. 3, 14, 11|
|[fig.]=dressage : Cic. Off. 1, 90|
|=carrière : Cic. de Or. 3, 70.
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{{Georges
|georg=gȳrus, ī, m. ([[γῦρος]]), der [[Kreis]], a) übh.: angustissimum habet [[dies]] gyrum, Sen.: [[linea]] in gyrum reflexa, [[Kreislinie]], Mart. Cap.: in gyrum ([[ringsherum]]) euripo addito, Suet.: componere in [[gyro]] ([[ringsherum]]), Apic.: maeandros facere et gyros (v. Wege), Amm.: bildl., in illis dialecticae gyris [[atque]] maeandris consenescas, Gell. 16, 8, 17. – b) der in der [[Bewegung]] ([[bes]]. im Fluge, im Laufe) beschriebene [[Kreis]], lineae in gyrum reflexae, Kreislinien, Mart. Cap.: gyrum trahere, Windungen [[machen]], [[sich]] [[winden]] (v. der [[Schlange]]), Verg.: gyros per [[aëra]] ducere, [[kreisen]] (v. Vögeln), Ov.: flectitur in gyrum ([[miluus]]), Ov.: volat ingenti [[gyro]] ([[telum]]), Verg.: [[apes]] gyros volatu edunt, Plin.: grues gyros quosdam in [[decoro]] cursu peragunt, Plin.: redit ([[vulpes]]) in gyrum, er kehrt im Kr. [[zurück]], Ov.: eludit ([[Camilla]]) [[gyro]] [[interior]], Verg.: iactari volubilibus gyris (v. Frauen), Amm. – [[bes]]. in bezug [[auf]] Pferde, gyros dare, Kreiswendungen [[machen]], die Pferde im Kreise [[tummeln]], Verg.: in gyros [[ire]] od. gyrum carpere, im Kr. [[laufen]] (v. Pferden), Ov. u. Verg.: [[ebenso]] variare gyros, Tac.: meton., gyrum (die [[Bahn]]) pulsare equo, das [[Roß]] in der B. [[tummeln]], Prop. 3, 14, 11. – bildl., in gyrum rationis et doctrinae duci, [[sich]] [[von]] der V. usw. [[leiten]] [[lassen]], Cic.: ex ingenti quodam oratorem immensoque campo in [[exiguum]] gyrum (enge [[Laufbahn]]) compellere, Cic.: angustissimo [[gyro]] ingeniorum [[impetus]] refringere, das [[Feuer]] der G. in [[allzu]] enge Grenzen [[einengen]] u. [[dadurch]] [[erkalten]] [[machen]], Plin. ep. – c) poet., v. [[Kreislauf]] der [[Zeit]], [[bruma]] nivalem interiore diem [[gyro]] trahit, Hor.: simili [[gyro]], in gleichem [[Zeitlauf]], Phaedr. – / Nbf. gūrus, Catull. 66, 6 Schw.: vulg. [[goerus]], Non. 20, 26 u. 490, 20; viell. ([[nach]] [[Haupt]]) [[auch]] Prob. app. 197, 28 (wo [[Keil]] [[gyrus]], [[non]] [[girus]], [[wie]] [[auch]] Apic. 8, 369 in [[giro]]).
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=gyrus gyri N M :: circle, ring; circuit; course; circular course for training/racing horses
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