Gyges Gȳges, is or ae, m., = Γύγης. A king of Lydia, famous for the possession of a ring with which he could render himself invisible, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78; Just. 1, 7, 17 sq. Deriv. Gȳgaeus, a, um, adj., in poet. transf., of or belonging to Lydia, Lydian: Lydia Gygaeo tincta puella lacu, a lake near Sardes (the Homer. λίμνη Γυγαίη), Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 18; cf. Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110.A Trojan, slain by Turnus, Verg. A. 9, 762.A beautiful youth, Hor. C. 2, 5, 20; 3, 7, 5 (but as a name of the giant, Gyas is the correct read.; v. that art.).
Gylippus Gylippus, i, m., = Γύλιππος. An Arcadian, who came to Italia with Evander, Verg. A. 12, 272.A famous Spartan general in the Peloponnesian war, Just. 4, 4; Tib. 4, 1, 199.
gymnas gymnas, ădis, f., = γυμνάς, wrestling, the exercise of wrestling (in post-Aug. poetry): Herculeā turpatus gymnade,Stat. Th. 4, 106; id. S. 4, 2, 47; Prud. Cont. Sym. 2, 517. Plur.: exercere protervas Gymnadas,Stat. Ach. 1, 358.
gymnasiarchus gymnăsĭarchus, i, m., = γυμνασίαρχος, the master of a gymnasium, a gymnasiarch, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 92; Sid. Ep. 2, 2; Val. Max. 9, 10, 2ext. Also, gym-năsĭarcha, ae, m., = γυμνασιάρχης, Val. Max. 9, 12, 7ext.;Inscr. Grut. 465, 2.
,id. Aul. 3, 1, 5.Transf., a public school among the Greeks, a highschool, college: omnia gymnasia atque omnes philosophorum scholae,Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 56; Liv. 29, 19, 12; Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6; Juv. 3, 115: quae vix in gymnasiis et in otio Stoici probant, Cic. Par. prooem. 1. Transf., of a college-building on Cicero's Tusculan estate: cum ambulandi causa in Lyceum venissemus (id enim superiori gymnasio nomen est), etc.,Cic. Div. 1, 5, 8; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 3, 9.
Gymnasium Gymnăsium, ii, f. (Γυμνάσιον, dim. of Γυμνάς), name of a Greek maiden: Gymnasium mea,Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 109.
gymnasticus gymnastĭcus, a, um, adj., = γυμναστικός, of or belonging to bodily exercise, gymnastic (Plautinian, for which Cic. uses gymnicus): pro exercitu gymnastico et palaestrico hoc habemus,Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 7: arte gymnastica, disco, hasta, pila,id. Most. 1, 2, 72 (a spurious line).
gymnosophistae gymnŏsŏphistae, ārum, m., = γυμνοσοφισταί (naked philosophers), Indian ascetics, gymnosophists, a sect of hermits who disregarded the decencies of life, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 22; App. Flor. p. 351; Prud. Ham. 404 al.; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; Val. Max. 3, 3 ext. 6.
gynaeceum gynaecēum or gynaecīum (gun-), i, n., = γυναικεῖον. Among the Greeks, the inner part of the house where the women dwelt, the women's apartments, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 68; 72; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 26; Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95. Among the Romans, the emperor's seraglio, where also women spun and wove the imperial garments: matresfamilias ingenuae ac nobiles in gynaeceum rapiebantur,Lact. de Mort. Pers. 21; Veg. Mil. 1, 7; Cod. Just. 9, 27, 5; 11, 7, 5.
gynaeciarius gynaecĭārĭus, ii, m.gynaeceum, II., the overseer of a seraglio, Cod. Just. 11, 7, 3. Also called gynaecĭus, ii, m., Cod. Th. 10, 20, 2.
gynaeconitis gynaecōnītis, ĭdis, f., = γυναικωνῖτις, i. q. gynaeceum, I., the women's apartments in a Grecian house, Nep. Vit. praef. § 7; Vitr. 6, 10.
Gyndes Gyndes (also Gindes), is, m., = Γύνδης, a tributary of the Tigris, in Assyria, now Diala or Kerkah, Tib. 4, 1, 141; Sen. de Ira, 3, 21, 1 (but in Tac. A. 11, 10, the better read. is Gindes).
gypseus gypsĕus, a, um, adj.gypsum. Of gypsum (post-class.), Spart. Sever. 22, § 3. Covered or plastered with gypsum, = gypsatus: facies (mulierum),Hier. Ep. 38, 3.
gypso gypso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id., to cover or coat with gypsum, to plaster: opercula,Col. 12, 39, 2: vas,id. ib. 43. Poet.: gypsati pedes,
the feet of a prisoner marked with gypsum
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to show that he was to be sold for a slave
,Tib. 2, 3, 60; Ov. Am. 1, 8, 64. Hence, gypsātus, a, um, P. a., covered or coated with gypsum: quibus illa (Medea) manibus gypsatissimis persuasit, ne sibi illae vitio verterent, quod abesset a patria, with hands thickly coated with gypsum (of actors who played women's parts), Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1; Petr. 34.
gypsoplastes gypsoplastes, ae, m., = γυψοπλάστης, a worker in gypsum or stucco, Cassiod. Varr. 7, 5.
gyrinus gyrīnus, i, m., = γυρῖνος, a young frog not yet fully developed, a tadpole: ranae pariunt minimas carnes nigras, quas gyrinos vocant,Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 159.
gyro gȳro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.gyrus. Act., to turn round in a circle, wheel round (post-Aug. and very rare).Lit.: animal difficile se gyrabit,Veg. Vet. 3, 5. To go around a thing: omnes greges,Vulg. Gen. 30, 32; id. Judith, 13, 12.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.Transf.: gȳrātus, made in a circular form, rounded: chlamys orbe gyrato laciniosa,Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62.
gyrus gȳrus, i, m., = γῦρος, a circle, esp. that which is described by a horse in its movements (mostly poet.; cf.: circus, circulus, orbis, orbita). 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
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round about
,Suet. Caes. 39.Transf., the place where horses are trained, a course (poet.): gyrum pulsat equis,Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 11.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
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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.
Gytheum Gythēum or Gythī^um, i, n., = Γύθειον or Γύθιον, a seaport in Laconia, on the Eurotas, now Paleopoli, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214; Cic. Off. 3, 11, 49; Liv. 34, 38; 25, 27. Deriv.: Gythĕātes, ae, m., adj., = Γυθεάτης, of or belonging to Gythēum, Gytheatic: pontus, Mela, 2, 3, 9: sinus,Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 16.