gyrus
English
Etymology
From Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Doublet of gyro and gyre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/
Noun
gyrus (plural gyri or gyruses)
- (anatomy) A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.
- Synonym: (archaic) gyre
Coordinate terms
- sulcus
Derived terms
- cingulate gyrus
- dentate gyrus
- fornicate gyrus
- frontal gyrus
- fusiform gyrus
- gyrification
- gyriform
- hippocampal gyrus
- inferior frontal gyrus
- infracalcarine gyrus
- lingual gyrus
- macrogyria
- microgyria
- middle frontal gyrus
- occipital gyrus
- occipitotemporal gyrus
- orbital gyrus
- parahippocampal gyrus
- polygyria
- polymicrogyria
- postcentral gyrus
- precentral gyrus
- superior frontal gyrus
- superior temporal gyrus
- supramarginal gyrus
- temporal gyrus
- transverse temporal gyrus
Translations
anatomy
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See also
- girus
Anagrams
- surgy
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡyː.rus/, [ˈɡyːrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.rus/, [ˈd͡ʒiːrus]
Noun
gȳrus m (genitive gȳrī); second declension
- circle
- a circular motion
- a circuit, course, ring
- (by extension) place where horses are trained
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | gȳrus | gȳrī |
Genitive | gȳrī | gȳrōrum |
Dative | gȳrō | gȳrīs |
Accusative | gȳrum | gȳrōs |
Ablative | gȳrō | gȳrīs |
Vocative | gȳre | gȳrī |
Derived terms
- gȳrō
Related terms
- gȳrātus
Descendants
- Aromanian: giur
- English: gyre, gyrus
- French: girolle
- Friulian: gîr
- Italian: giro
- Romanian: jur, girus
- Portuguese: giro
- Spanish: giro
- Translingual: Anagyrus
References
- “gyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette