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spīra (noun F) = σπεῖρα: .
* That which is wound, wreathed, coiled, or twisted; a coil, fold, twist, spire (cf. orbis); of a serpent,Verg. G. 2, 154; id. A. 2, 217; Ov. M. 3, 77.—Of the grain of wood, Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 198.—Of the intestines, Lact. Opif. Dei, 11, § 16.
* Concr.: spira dicitur et basis columnae unius tori aut duorum, et genus operis pistorii, et funis nauticus in orbem convolutus, ab eādem omnes similitudine. Pacuvius: Quid cessatis, socii, ejicere spiras sparteas? Ennius quidem hominum multitudinem ita appellat, cum ait: spiras legionibus nexunt,Fest. p. 300 Müll. (Ann. v. 501 Vahl., where the read. is nexit).—So
* The base of a column, Vitr. 3, 3; 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 179.
* A confused crowd of men, Enn. ap. Fest. l. l.
* A coil of rope, Pac. ap. Fest. l. l.
* A braid of hair, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117; Val. Fl. 6, 396.
* A twisted tie for fastening the hat under the chin, Juv. 8, 208.
* That which is wound, wreathed, coiled, or twisted; a coil, fold, twist, spire (cf. orbis); of a serpent,Verg. G. 2, 154; id. A. 2, 217; Ov. M. 3, 77.—Of the grain of wood, Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 198.—Of the intestines, Lact. Opif. Dei, 11, § 16.
* Concr.: spira dicitur et basis columnae unius tori aut duorum, et genus operis pistorii, et funis nauticus in orbem convolutus, ab eādem omnes similitudine. Pacuvius: Quid cessatis, socii, ejicere spiras sparteas? Ennius quidem hominum multitudinem ita appellat, cum ait: spiras legionibus nexunt,Fest. p. 300 Müll. (Ann. v. 501 Vahl., where the read. is nexit).—So
* The base of a column, Vitr. 3, 3; 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 179.
* A confused crowd of men, Enn. ap. Fest. l. l.
* A coil of rope, Pac. ap. Fest. l. l.
* A braid of hair, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117; Val. Fl. 6, 396.
* A twisted tie for fastening the hat under the chin, Juv. 8, 208.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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