tire (subs.) Copy link Outline I. For the headII. For a wheel • tire (subs.): I. For the head: vitta, tiāra: v. head-dress. II. For a wheel: *circŭlus. Phr.: wheels with iron t.s, ferrati rotarum orbes, Lucr. 6, 551: Virg. G. 3, 361: to put a t. on a wheel, *lamina rotam circumligare (cf. Caes. B. C. 2, 10).