Scaife ATLAS

σπεῖραᾱςIon.ηςf rope, cableof a shipOd.v.l. σπεῖρον usu.pl.coilof a serpentS.fr. E. AR. Theoc. pl.coils, meshof a fishing-netS. pl.strapscoiled about a boxer's fistTheoc.in the Macedonian armybattalionof prob. 256 menPlb.in the Roman armymaniplePlb.cohortNT. Plu.

ShortDef

coil, rope; military unit, Roman manipulus

Debugging

Headword:

σπεῖρα

Headword (normalized):

σπεῖρα

Headword (normalized/stripped):

σπειρα

IDX:

36916

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-36917

Key:

σπεῖρα

Data

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