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|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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|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 || 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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