verb transitive intransitive

gȳro

2nd PP gȳrāre · 3rd PP gȳrāvi · 4th PP gȳrātum · conj. 1st

to turn round in a circle; wheel round

Act., to turn round in a circle, wheel round (post-Aug. and very rare).—

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Lit.: animal difficile se gyrabit, Veg. Vet. 3, 5. —

To go around •

To go around a thing: omnes greges, Vulg. Gen. 30, 32; id. Judith, 13, 12.—

Neutr; to turn around •

Neutr., to turn around: post tergum eorum, Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 23: per viam, id. Eccl. 1, 6: per meridiem, id. 1 Macc. 13, 20: Ambros. in Psa. 118; Serm. 12, § 20.—

made in a circular form; rounded by extension •

Transf.: gȳrātus, made in a circular form, rounded: chlamys orbe gyrato laciniosa, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62.

Perseus ID: n20068 Key: gyro