σπεῖρα
First declension Noun; Feminine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
σπεῖρα
Structure:
σπειρ
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- coiled, the coils or spires, folds
- thongs or straps, bound round, caestus
- a body of men-at-arms, manipulus, =, a cohort
Declension
First declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἀλλ’ ὅστισ ἰδὼν ὅσα δεινὰ καὶ δυσχερῆ καὶ ὅτι μεστὰ πάντα πολεμίων καὶ ἐχθρῶν, ὅπου τρυφὴ καὶ ἀπάτη δυναστεύουσιν, αὐτόν μιν πληγῇσιν ἀεικελίῃσι δαμάσσασ, σπεῖρα κάκ’ ἀμφ’ ὤμοισι βαλών, οἰκῆι ἐοικώσ, ἀνδρῶν θρυπτομένων κατέδυ πόλιν εὐρυάγυιαν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 19:1)
- αὐτόν μιν πληγῇσιν ἀεικελίῃσι δαμάσσασ, σπεῖρα κάκ’ ἀμφ’ ὤμοισι βαλών, οἰκῆι ἐοικώσ, ἀνδρῶν δυσμενέων κατέδυ πόλιν εὐρυάγυιαν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 27:8)
- ἔνθα δὲ νηῶν ὅπλα μελαινάων ἀλέγουσι, πείσματα καὶ σπεῖρα, καὶ ἀποξύνουσιν ἐρετμά. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 6 25:11)
- καὶ σπεῖρα Ῥωμαίων ἐφύλασσεν αὐτοὺσ ἐπὶ τῶν πυλῶν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 5 2:5)
- οἷσ προσπίπτουσιν οἱ βάρβαροι νυκτὸσ τετάρτησ, καὶ ἐξέλιπεν ἡ σπεῖρα τὰσ πύλασ ὑπὸ δέουσ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 5 2:6)
- καὶ παρελθὼν ὁ Σίκκιοσ τά τε ἄλλα κατηγόρει τοῦ ἀνδρόσ, ὅσα ὑπατεύων βίᾳ εἰσ τοὺσ δημάρχουσ ἔδοξε διαπράξασθαι, καὶ τελευτῶν τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν διεξῄει τὴν ἐφ’ ἑαυτῷ τε καὶ τῇ σπείρᾳ γενομένην ὑπὸ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 49 1:2)
Synonyms
-
coiled
- πλεκτάνη (anything twined or wreathed, a coil, wreath)
-
thongs or straps
- ἱμάς (the caestus, straps put round the hand)
- χαλινός (a strap or thong)
-
a body of men-at-arms
- ἀσπίς (collective, body of men-at-arms)
