σπειράομαι

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English (LSJ)

(σπεῖρα) Pass.,

   A to be coiled or folded round, πέντε ζῶναι ἐσπείρηντο Eratosth.16.3; πέριξ . . σπειρηθεὶς [δράκων] Nic. Th. 457; δράκοντα . . ἐσπειραμένον περὶ τὸ ἀγγεῖον Paus.10.33.9; σχοινίου ἐσπειραμένου S.E.P.1.227: c. dat., ὄφεις ἐσπειρημένους τοῖς παισίν coiled round them, f.l. in Sch.Lyc.p.5 S. for ἐπῃωρημένους.    2 metaph., λόγος ἐσπειραμένος πρὸς δεινότητα Demetr.Eloc.8.