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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.

ShortDef

coil, rope; military unit, Roman manipulus

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Headword:

σπεῖρα

Headword (normalized):

σπεῖρα

Headword (normalized/stripped):

σπειρα

IDX:

29993

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n30027

Key:

spei=ra

Data

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