spīra

* * *

spīra, ae, f., = speira.

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 kind of twisted cake, a twist, cracknel, Cato, R. R. 77.—

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.—

A confused crowd of men, Enn. ap. Fest. l. l.

băsis, is and ĕos ( gen. basis, Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 27;

7, 34: baseos,

Vitr. 10, 15; acc. usu. basim, but BASEM, Inscr. Orell. 1263 al.: basidem, Ven. Fort. 8, 14; abl. usu. basi, but base, Treb. Pol. Gall. 18, 4; Inscr. Grut. 63, 3:

BASIDE,

ib. 16, 14; gen. plur. BASIVM, Inscr. Orell. 3272), f., = basis, a pedestal, foot, base.

In gen.:

in basi statuarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154; 2, 2, 66, § 160; 2, 4, 34, § 74; id. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

quo (sc. ad sepulcrum) cum patefactus esset aditus, ad adversam basim accessimus,

id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

colossici Apollinis basis,

Vitr. 10, 6:

supra basim eriguntur regulae,

id. 10, 13; Ov. P. 3, 2, 52; Phaedr. 2, epil. 2; Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 244; Suet. Vesp. 23; Inscr. Orell. 49; Vulg. Exod. 26, 19:

villae,

the foundation-wall, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5.—

Trop.:

bases virtutis,

foundations, Vulg. Ecclus. 6, 30.—

In partic., prov.: aliquem cum basi suā metiri, to measure a pillar together with its pedestal, i. e. to give false measure, to estimate too high, Sen. Ep. 76, 31.—

Esp.

In math.:

basis trianguli,

the base of a triangle, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

arcus,

the chord of an arc, Col. 5, 2, 9; 3, 13, 12.—

In archit., the lowest part of the shaft of a column, Vitr. 4, 1, 6 (our pedestal is expressed by spira, q. v.).—

In gram., the primitive word, the root, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 33.—

Of cattle, a track, footprint, Veg. 1, 25, 6; 1, 26, 1; 1, 3, 46 al.

con-spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to blow or breathe together, to sound together.

Lit.:

aereaque adsensu conspirant cornua rauco,

Verg. A. 7, 615 (et tubae simul inflabantur, Serv.).—Far more freq. and in good prose,

Trop.

To harmonize, agree, accord: conspirans mutuus ardor, * Lucr. 4, 1216; cf.:

tanta rerum consentiens, conspirans, continuata cognatio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19; 3, 11, 28:

consilium omnis vitae consentiens et paene conspirans,

id. Tusc. 5, 25, 72; id. Lig. 12, 34; Col. 3, 13, 7: in quibus (operibus) plurium conatus, praeeunte aliquā jucundā voce, conspirat, * Quint. 1, 10, 16:

talis... animus, ut multae in illo artes... multarum aetatum exempla, sed in unum conspirata,

harmoniously blending, Sen. Ep. 84, 10.—

To agree together in thought or feeling, to accord, unite, combine.

In a good sense:

conligite vos, conspirate nobiscum, consentite cum bonis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 26:

mirabiliter populus Romanus universus et omnium generum ordinumque consensus ad liberandam rem publicam conspiravit,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 4; cf. id. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Col. 3, 13, 7.— Impers.: in commune conspirabatur ab utroque (Cic. Oecon.?) 12 praef. § 8. —

Part.: conspiratus, mid., having agreed, combined; acting in concert:

milites legionis VIII. subito conspirati pila conjecerunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46 Kraner ad loc.—

In a bad sense, to plot together, to enter into a conspiracy, to conspire (so freq. in the histt. after the Aug. per., esp. in Suet.).

Absol.: priusquam plures civitates conspirarent, Caes. B. G. 3, 10 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 46; Suet. Caes. 9; id. Galb. 10.—

With in and acc.:

in injuriam,

Liv. 3, 36, 9; 3, 56, 12:

in caedem alicujus,

Tac. A. 15, 68:

in necem,

Just. 16, 5, 12:

in destinatam mortem,

id. 20, 3, 4:

in facinus,

Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 21:

in Augustum,

Suet. Tib. 8.—Cf. impers.:

conspiratum est in eum a sexaginta amplius,

Suet. Caes. 80. —

With ad:

ad res novas,

Suet. Claud. 13.—

With ut:

ut Senatum adorirentur,

Suet. Caes. 9.—

With ne:

conspirasse corporis partes, ne manus ad os cibum ferrent,

Liv. 2, 32, 10.—

With inf.:

perdere aliquem,

Suet. Claud. 37.—

Part.: conspīrātus, a, um, having conspired, having entered into a conspiracy:

his conspiratis factionum partibus,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 4. —And subst.: conspīrāti, ōrum, m., like conjurati, the conspirators, Suet. Caes. 82; id. Galb. 19; id. Dom. 17; id. Ner. 43.— Hence, * conspīrātē, adv., with one accord, unanimously; in comp.:

conspiratius ad arma concurrere,

Just. 3, 5, 3.

con-spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [spira], to coil up (very rare):

anguis se conspiravit,

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 22.

con-spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to blow or breathe together, to sound together.

Lit.:

aereaque adsensu conspirant cornua rauco,

Verg. A. 7, 615 (et tubae simul inflabantur, Serv.).—Far more freq. and in good prose,

Trop.

To harmonize, agree, accord: conspirans mutuus ardor, * Lucr. 4, 1216; cf.:

tanta rerum consentiens, conspirans, continuata cognatio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19; 3, 11, 28:

consilium omnis vitae consentiens et paene conspirans,

id. Tusc. 5, 25, 72; id. Lig. 12, 34; Col. 3, 13, 7: in quibus (operibus) plurium conatus, praeeunte aliquā jucundā voce, conspirat, * Quint. 1, 10, 16:

talis... animus, ut multae in illo artes... multarum aetatum exempla, sed in unum conspirata,

harmoniously blending, Sen. Ep. 84, 10.—

To agree together in thought or feeling, to accord, unite, combine.

In a good sense:

conligite vos, conspirate nobiscum, consentite cum bonis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 26:

mirabiliter populus Romanus universus et omnium generum ordinumque consensus ad liberandam rem publicam conspiravit,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 4; cf. id. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Col. 3, 13, 7.— Impers.: in commune conspirabatur ab utroque (Cic. Oecon.?) 12 praef. § 8. —

Part.: conspiratus, mid., having agreed, combined; acting in concert:

milites legionis VIII. subito conspirati pila conjecerunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46 Kraner ad loc.—

In a bad sense, to plot together, to enter into a conspiracy, to conspire (so freq. in the histt. after the Aug. per., esp. in Suet.).

Absol.: priusquam plures civitates conspirarent, Caes. B. G. 3, 10 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 46; Suet. Caes. 9; id. Galb. 10.—

With in and acc.:

in injuriam,

Liv. 3, 36, 9; 3, 56, 12:

in caedem alicujus,

Tac. A. 15, 68:

in necem,

Just. 16, 5, 12:

in destinatam mortem,

id. 20, 3, 4:

in facinus,

Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 21:

in Augustum,

Suet. Tib. 8.—Cf. impers.:

conspiratum est in eum a sexaginta amplius,

Suet. Caes. 80. —

With ad:

ad res novas,

Suet. Claud. 13.—

With ut:

ut Senatum adorirentur,

Suet. Caes. 9.—

With ne:

conspirasse corporis partes, ne manus ad os cibum ferrent,

Liv. 2, 32, 10.—

With inf.:

perdere aliquem,

Suet. Claud. 37.—

Part.: conspīrātus, a, um, having conspired, having entered into a conspiracy:

his conspiratis factionum partibus,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 4. —And subst.: conspīrāti, ōrum, m., like conjurati, the conspirators, Suet. Caes. 82; id. Galb. 19; id. Dom. 17; id. Ner. 43.— Hence, * conspīrātē, adv., with one accord, unanimously; in comp.:

conspiratius ad arma concurrere,

Just. 3, 5, 3.

con-spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [spira], to coil up (very rare):

anguis se conspiravit,

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 22.

orbis, is (nom. orbs, Ven. Carm. 8, 5. — Abl. regul. orbe;

but orbi,

Lucr. 5, 74:

ex orbi,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.: orbi terrae, in the meaning in the world, Cic. Sest. 30, 66; so,

orbi terrarum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82 Halm; id. Dom. 10, 24; id. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.), m. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Sanscr. dhvar, bend, twist], any thing of a circular shape, a ring, round surface, disk, hoop, orbit, orb, a circle (class.; cf.: circus, circulus, gyrus, spira).

Lit.:

in orbem torquere,

Cic. Univ. 7:

curvare aliquid in orbem,

Ov. M. 2, 715:

certumque equitavit in orbem,

id. ib. 12, 468.—Of a ring:

et digitum justo commodus orbe teras,

fit exactly, Ov. Am. 2, 15, 6:

unionum,

roundness, Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 113.—Of a circle formed by men:

ut in orbem consisterent,

place themselves in a circle, form a circle, Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

cum illi, orbe facto, se defenderent,

id. ib. 4, 37:

orbem volventes suos increpans,

Liv. 4, 28:

in orbem pugnare,

id. 28, 22, 15:

in orbem sese stantibus equis defendere,

id. 28, 33, 15: stella (phaethôn) eundem duodecim signorum orbem annis duodecim conficit, the zodiac, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52:

lacteus,

the Milky Way, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—Of the orbit of a heavenly body:

sidera circulos suos orbesque conficiunt,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—Of a serpent, the windings, coils:

immensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago,

Verg. A. 2, 204.—Of a circular surface or disk:

orbis mensae,

a round table-top, Ov. H. 17, 87; cf. Juv. 11, 122.—Also, simply orbes, a round table, Mart. 2, 43; Juv. 1, 137.—Of a quoit or discus:

ictus ab orbe,

Ov. Ib. 590.—Of the scale of a balance:

instabilis natat alterno depressior orbe,

Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of a mirror:

addidit et nitidum sacratis crinibus orbem,

Mart. 9, 18, 5.—Of a shield:

illa (hasta) per orbem Aere cavum triplici... Transiit,

Verg. A. 10, 783; Petr. 89.—Of a mosaic pavement of rounded pieces [p. 1276] of marble, Juv. 11, 175.—Of a scale, one side of a balance, Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of the millstones of an oil-mill, Cato, R. R. 22.—Of the wooden disk placed over olives in pressing them, Cato, R. R. 18.—Of the hoop or tire of a wheel:

rotarum orbes circumacti,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52.—Of the wheel itself:

undaque jam tergo ferratos sustinet orbes,

Verg. G. 3, 361.—Hence, the wheel of fortune, Tib. 1, 5, 70; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 7; id. P. 2, 3, 56.—Of the socket of the eye:

inanem luminis orbem,

Ov. M. 14, 200.—Of the eye itself:

gemino lumen ab orbe venit,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 16:

ardentes oculorum orbes ad moenia torsit,

Verg. A. 12, 670.—Of the sun's disk or orb:

lucidus orbis,

Verg. G. 1, 459.—Of the moon's disk or orb:

quater junctis implevit cornibus orbem Luna, quater plenum tenuata retexuit orbem,

Ov. M. 7, 530.—Of the circle of the world, the world, the universe:

Juppiter arce suā totum cum spectet in orbem,

Ov. F. 1, 85:

renatus,

the new-born day, Sil. 5, 56: terrarum or terrae, the circle or orb of the earth, the world (since the ancients regarded the earth as a circular plane or disk):

permittitur infinita potestas orbis terrarum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 33:

ager Campanus orbis terrae pulcherrimus,

id. ib. 2, 28, 76; id. Sest. 30, 66:

cunctus ob Italiam terrarum clauditur orbis?

Verg. A. 1, 233; cf. id. ib. 7, 224.—Also, simply orbis (so mostly poet.):

hic, ubi nunc Roma est orbis caput, arbor et herbae,

Ov. F. 5, 93:

unus,

Juv. 10, 168; 4, 148:

universus,

Vulg. Luc. 2, 1; id. Apoc. 12, 9.—Hence, a country, region, territory:

Eoo dives ab orbe redit,

the East, Ov. F. 3, 466:

Assyrius,

Juv. 2, 108:

noster,

Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 45.— A kind of fish, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 14 Sillig; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 6.—

Trop., a circle.

Of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit:

ut idem in singulos annos orbis volveretur,

Liv. 3, 10:

insigne regium in orbem per omnes iret,

in rotation, id. 3, 36:

orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,

the circle of political changes, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.—

Orbis doctrinae, an encyclopœdia: orbis ille doctrinae quam Graeci enkuklion paideian vocant, Quint. 1, 10, 1.—

Of speech, a rounding off, roundness, rotundity:

circuitum, et quasi orbem verborum conficere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198:

orationis,

id. Or. 71, 234:

historia non tam finitos numeros quam orbem quendam contextumque desiderat,

Quint. 9, 4, 129.—

A circle or cycle of thought:

sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem quem circumscripsimus, incidere non possunt,

Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23; cf.:

circa vilem patulumque orbem,

Hor. A. P. 132.—

Esp.: in orbem ire, to go the rounds, go around:

quinque dierum spatio finiebatur imperium ac per omnes in orbem ibant,

in turn, Liv. 1, 17, 6; 3, 36, 3.