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1 σπειράρχης
A leader of aσπεῖρα 11.2
, in Lat. form spirarches, CIL6.2251 ([place name] Rome), 3.870 ([place name] Dacia).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σπειράρχης
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2 σπεῖρα
σπεῖρα, ἡ,2 pl., coils or spires of a serpent, S.Fr. 535 (anap.), Ar.Fr. 500; πολύπλοκοι ς. E.Med. 481, cf. Ion 1164: so in sg., Nic.Th. 156, A.R.4.151, Arat.47,89, etc.3 rope, cord, Nic.Fr. 74.21, f.l. in Hp.Steril.235; σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις with the net's meshy folds, S.Ant. 346 (lyr.); ship's cable, Plu.2.507b; padded circle used by women carrying weights on their head, Aët. 12.55; so by Atlas, Apollod.2.5.11; as a lamp-stand,ἀρτεμισίας σ. ἐπὶ τὸν λύχνον PMag.Lond.121.601
(cf.σπειρίον 111
); round cushion, IG5(1).1390.24 (Andania, i B.C.).7 a kind of cheesecake (al. σπῖρα), Chrysipp. Tyan. ap. Ath.14.647d.8 rounded moulding in the base of an Ionic or Corinthian column, torus, IG12.372.64, Sardis 7(1) No.181 (i A.D.), CIG 2713-14 ([place name] Labranda), Poll.7.121, Vitr.3.5.3.9 Geom., anchor-ring, tore, produced by revolution of a circle about a line in its plane but not passing through the centre, Hero *Deff.97, Procl. in Euc.p.119 F.II Milit., tactical unit, in the Ptolemaic army, BGU1806.4 (i B.C.); used to translate the Roman manipulus, Plb.11.23.1, al., Str.12.3.18, Plu.Aem.17; κατὰ σπείρας,= Lat. manipulatim, Plb.3.115.12; later, cohort, Act.Ap.10.1, J.BJ3.4.2, IGRom.1.10 ([place name] Massilia), 1373 ([place name] Egypt), al., OGI208.2 (Nubia, ii A.D.), al. (gen. in this sense always σπείρης, Act.Ap. l.c., POxy.477.3 (ii A.D.), BGU73 (ii A.D.), OGIl.c., etc.).
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σπειράρχης — ὁ, Α ο επικεφαλής σπείρας, ρωμαϊκής διλοχίας. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σπεῖρα «στρατιωτική μονάδα τού ρωμαϊκού κράτους» + άρχης*] … Dictionary of Greek
