gyrus
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Doublet of gyro and gyre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gyrus (plural gyri or gyruses)
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
- angular gyrus
- cingulate gyrus
- dentate gyrus
- fornicate gyrus
- frontal gyrus
- fusiform gyrus
- gyrification
- gyriform
- gyrus rectus
- Heschl's gyrus
- 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 edit
anatomy
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡyː.rus/, [ˈɡyːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.rus/, [ˈd͡ʒiːrus]
Noun edit
gȳrus m (genitive gȳrī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | gȳrus | gȳrī |
Genitive | gȳrī | gȳrōrum |
Dative | gȳrō | gȳrīs |
Accusative | gȳrum | gȳrōs |
Ablative | gȳrō | gȳrīs |
Vocative | gȳre | gȳrī |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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