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σπείρ-ᾱμα

speirama · τό

coil, convolution

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Where it lives

Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k

What it meant

σπείρ-ᾱμα · speir-ama — LSJ

coil, convolution, periods, cycles

coil, convolution, ἐχίδνης A. Ch. 248; ὄφεων Arist. Mir. 843a32, cf. D.S. 3.36, Plu. Sollert. 2.972f, etc.; σ. περισφυρίοιο δράκοντος, of a serpent-shaped ornament, AP 6.207 (Arch.): metaph., αἰῶνος σπειρήματα periods, cycles, App.Anth. 3.186.

= σπάργανον, Nic. Al. 417.

3 twisted thread

twisted thread, Hsch. and Phot. s.v. μήρυμα.

4 rolled bandage

rolled bandage, Gal. 18(1).788,809, al.

In the wild

σπειράμασιν · speiramasin Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 247–248

Where it came from

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