Gyaros

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Gyăros, i, and Gyăra, ae, f., and Gyăra, ōrum, n., = Γύαρος, Γύαρα,

a small barren island in the Aegean Sea , one of the Cyclades , used by the Romans under the empire as a place of exile for criminals , now Chiura , Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1 sq.; Varr. ap. Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104; Verg. A. 3, 76; Tac. A. 3, 68 sq.; 4, 30; Juv. 10, 170; 1, 73; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 69; 8, 57, 82, § 222.

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