gyrus
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
gȳrus: i, m., = γῦρος,
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) gȳrus,¹² ī, m. (γῦρος),
1 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
2 manège où l’on dresse les chevaux : Prop. 3, 14, 11 || [fig.] = dressage : Cic. Off. 1, 90 || = carrière : Cic. de Or. 3, 70.
Latin > German (Georges)
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).
