σπεῖρα: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[σπεῖρα]], ἡ,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> Lat. [[spira]], [[anything]] [[wound]] or [[coiled]]: in pl. the coils or spires of a [[serpent]], Eur.; also σπείραις δικτυοκλώστοις with the net's meshy folds, Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> σπεῖραι βόειαι thongs or straps of ox-[[hide]] [[bound]] [[round]] a [[boxer]]'s [[fist]], the [[caestus]], Theocr.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a [[body]] of men-at-[[arms]], the Roman [[manipulus]], = two centuries, Polyb.:—also a [[cohort]], NTest.