[695] Eludit seems to mean, not baffles his pursuit, but deceives him, making him think himself the pursuer, while he is really the pursued. ‘Gyro interior,’ more inward in respect of wheeling, i. q. “gyro interiore.” Forb. comp. Hor. 2 S. 6. 26, “Interiore diem gyro trahit,” where the metaphor is from a charioteer in the circus taking the side nearest to the goal.
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