σπεῖρα
σπεῖρα, ἡ,
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"definition": "<i>anything twisted</i> or <i>wound,</i> ποιεῖν τι οἷον σπεῖραν twist it into <i>a ball,</i> Hp. Morb. 2.33.",
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"definition": "<i>coils</i> or <i>spires</i> of a serpent, S. Fr. 535 (anap.), Ar. Fr. 500; πολύπλοκοι σ. E. Med. 481, cf. Ion 1164: so in sg., Nic. Th. 156, A.R. 4.151, Arat. 47, 89, etc.",
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"ref": "S. Fr. 535 (anap.),",
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"ref": "Ar. Fr. 500;",
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"ref": "E. Med. 481, cf.",
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"ref": "Ion 1164: so in sg.,",
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"ref": "Nic. Th. 156,",
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"ref": "A.R. 4.151,",
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"ref": "Arat. 47,",
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"ref": "89, etc.",
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"definition": "<i>rope, cord,</i> Nic. Fr. 74.21, f.l. in Hp. Steril. 235; σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις with the netʼs meshy <i>folds,</i> S. Ant. 346 (lyr.); <i>shipʼs cable,</i> Plu. Garr. 2.507b; <i>padded circle</i> used by women carrying weights on their head, Aët. 12.55; so by Atlas, Apollod. 2.5.11; as a lamp-stand, ἀρτεμισίας σ. ἐπὶ τὸν λύχνον PMag.Lond. 121.601 (cf. σπειρίον III); <i>round cushion,</i> IG 5(1).1390.24 ( Andania, i B.C.).",
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"ref": "S. Ant. 346 (lyr.);",
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"ref": "Plu. Garr. 2.507b;",
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"ref": "Aët. 12.55; so by Atlas,",
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"ref": "Apollod. 2.5.11; as a lamp-stand,",
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"definition": "<i>a mode of dressing the hair,</i> Poll. 2.31, 4.149.",
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"ref": "Poll. 2.31,",
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"ref": "4.149.",
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"label": "5",
"definition": "σ. βόειαι <i>thongs</i> or <i>straps</i> of ox-hide to guard and arm a boxerʼs fist, Theoc. 22.80.",
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"ref": "Theoc. 22.80.",
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"label": "6",
"definition": "<i>knot</i> or <i>curl in wood,</i> Thphr. HP 5.2.3, Plin. HN 16.198.",
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"ref": "Thphr. HP 5.2.3,",
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"ref": "Plin. HN 16.198.",
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"label": "7",
"definition": "<i>cheesecake</i> (al. σπῖρα), Chrysipp.Tyan. ap. Ath. 14.647d.",
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"ref": "Ath. 14.647d.",
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"label": "8",
"definition": "<i>rounded moulding</i> in the base of an Ionic or Corinthian column, <i>torus,</i> IG 1(2).372.64, Sardis 7(1) No.181 (i A.D.), CIG 2713-14 ( Labranda), Poll. 7.121, Vitr. 3.5.3.",
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"ref": "Poll. 7.121,",
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"ref": "Vitr. 3.5.3.",
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"label": "9",
"definition": "<i>anchor-ring, tore,</i> produced by revolution of a circle about a line in its plane but not passing through the centre, Hero *Deff. 97, Procl. in Euc. p.119 F.",
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"label": "II",
"definition": "<i>tactical unit,</i> in the Ptolemaic army, BGU 1806.4 (i B.C.); used to translate the Roman <i>manipulus,</i> Plb. 11.23.1, al., Str. 12.3.18, Plu. Aem. 17; κατὰ σπείρας,= Lat. manipulatim, Plb. 3.115.12; later, <i>cohort,</i> Act. Ap. 10.1, J. BJ 3.4.2, IGRom. 1.10 ( Massilia), 1373 ( Egypt), al., OGI 208.2 ( Nubia, ii A.D.), al. (gen. in this sense always σπείρης, Act.Ap. l.c., POxy. 477.3 (ii A.D.), BGU 73 (ii A.D.), OGI l.c., etc.).",
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"ref": "Plb. 11.23.1, al.,",
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"ref": "Str. 12.3.18,",
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"ref": "Plu. Aem. 17;",
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"ref": "Act. Ap. 10.1,",
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"ref": "J. BJ 3.4.2,",
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"definition": "<i>religious college</i> or <i>guild,</i> gen. σπείρης IG 14.925 (Portus Trajani); dat. σπείρῃ ib. 977 ( Rome), Inscr.Perg. 319,320; nom. σπεῖρα AEM 14.28 ( Roumania); Lat. spira, CIL 6.261 ( Rome), al. (cf. σπειράρχης).",
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