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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145
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Full diacritics: σπεῖρον Medium diacritics: σπεῖρον Low diacritics: σπείρον Capitals: ΣΠΕΙΡΟΝ
Transliteration A: speîron Transliteration B: speiron Transliteration C: speiron Beta Code: spei=ron

English (LSJ)

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   A piece of cloth, Hom. (only in Od.), εἴλυμα σπείρων a wrapping cloth, 6.179; σπεῖρα κακά sorry wraps, of a beggar, 4.245; αἴ κεν ἄτερ σπείρου κεῖται without a cerecloth or shroud, 2.102, cf. 19.147, 24.137; σπεῖρον καὶ ἐπίκριον sail and sailyard, 5.318; πείσματα καὶ σπεῖρα [where the ult. is long in arsi] 6.269 (v.l. σπείρας):—later, garment, νυμφιδίου σπείροιο καλύπτρη Euph. 107; cf. σπειρίον.