σπεῖρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">piece of cloth</b>, Hom. (only in Od.), <b class="b3">εἴλυμα σπείρων</b> a wrapping [[cloth]], <span class="bibl">6.179</span>; <b class="b3">σπεῖρα κακά</b> sorry [[wraps]], of a beggar, <span class="bibl">4.245</span>; <b class="b3">αἴ κεν ἄτερ σπείρου κεῖται</b> without a [[cerecloth]] or [[shroud]], <span class="bibl">2.102</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19.147</span>, <span class="bibl">24.137</span>; <b class="b3">σπεῖρον καὶ ἐπίκριον</b> [[sail]] and sailyard, <span class="bibl">5.318</span>; <b class="b3">πείσματα καὶ σπεῖρα</b> [where the ult. is long in arsi] <span class="bibl">6.269</span> (v.l. [[σπείρας]]):—later, [[garment]], νυμφιδίου σπείροιο καλύπτρη <span class="bibl">Euph. 107</span>; cf. [[σπειρίον]].</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">cloth, burial shroud, sailcloth, shroud</b> (Od., Euph.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σπειρο-φόρος</b> m. <b class="b2">bearer of a σ.</b> (Ephesos); heterocl. pl. <b class="b3">σπείρ-εα</b> (Nic. Th. 882; after <b class="b3">ῥήγεα</b> a. o.) metaph. of the onionscales, thus <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">rich in layers</b> (Nic.). Uncertain <b class="b3">σπειρία</b> pl. n. [[garments]] (X. HG 4, 5, 4; rather with Dindorf <b class="b3">σείρια</b>). Denom. aor. <b class="b3">σπειρῶσαι</b> = <b class="b3">σπαργανῶσαι</b>, [[to swathe]] (Call.), if not from [[σπεῖρα]] (s. v.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [991] <b class="b2">*sper-</b> [[turn]], [[wind]]<br />Etymology: Archaic and poetic word. From <b class="b3">*σπερ-ι̯ον</b>, with ι̯<b class="b3">ο-</b>suffix from the same verbal or nominal basis as <b class="b3">σπεῖρα</b>, so prop. [[winding around]], [[enclosure]]. Alb. fier, thier [[fern]] has the same origin (Bonnet, RPh. 2000, 283).