σπεῖρα
σπεῖρα
.σπεῖρα, ἡ,
Lat. spira, anything wound or coiled: in pl. the coils or spires of a serpent, Eur.; also σπείραις δικτυοκλώστοις with the netʼs meshy folds, Soph.
σπεῖραι βόειαι thongs or straps of ox-hide bound round a boxerʼs fist, the caestus, Theocr.
a body of men-at-arms, the Roman manipulus, = two centuries, Polyb.:—also a cohort, NTest.
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σπεῖρα
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σπειρα
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σπεῖρα
.σπεῖρα, ἡ,
Lat. spira, anything wound or coiled: in pl. the coils or spires of a serpent, Eur.; also σπείραις δικτυοκλώστοις with the netʼs meshy folds, Soph.
σπεῖραι βόειαι thongs or straps of ox-hide bound round a boxerʼs fist, the caestus, Theocr.
a body of men-at-arms, the Roman manipulus, = two centuries, Polyb.:—also a cohort, NTest.
URN:
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