gyrus

gyrus, i, m., = guros, 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.