spei`n
spei`n , aor. 2 inf. of e{pw .
spei`o
spei`o , Ep. for spevo, spou` , aor. 2 imper. of e{pomai .
spei`o"
spei`o" , tov , Ep. for spevo" .
spei`ra, SPE `IRA, spei`ra
SPE `IRA , hJ , Lat. spira , anything wound or coiled: in pl. the coils or spires of a serpent, Eur. ; also speivrai" diktuoklwvstoi" with the nets meshy folds, Soph.
2.
spei`rai boveiai
thongs
or
straps
of ox-hide
bound round
a boxers fist, the
caestus,
Theocr.
II.
a body of men-at-arms,
the Roman
manipulus, =
two centuries,
Polyb.
:—also
a cohort,
N.T.
speivrama
speivra<Eth>ma , Ion. -hma , ato", tov , a coil, spire, convolution, Aesch .: aijw`no" sp . a period, cycle, Anth. From speiravomai
speiravomai
speiravomai , ( spei`ra ) Pass. to be coiled or folded round.
speirhdovn
speirhdovn , Adv. in coils or spires, spirally, Anth.
II. ( spei`ra II ) of troops, in maniples, Polyb.
speivrhma
speivrhma , Ion. for speivrama .
speirivon , tov , Dim. of spei`ron , a light, summer-garment, Xen.
spei`ron, SPE `IRON
SPE `IRON , tov , a piece of cloth, ei[luma speivrwn a wrapping cloth, Od.; kaka; spei`ra sorry wraps, Ib.; a[ter speivrou without a shroud, Ib.; also a sail, Ib.
speirou`co"
speir-ou`co" , oJ , ( e[cw ) forming a circle, Anth.
speivrw, SPEI vRW, speivrw
SPEI vRW , Ion. impf. speivreskon : f. sperw` : aor. I e[speira : pf. e[sparka :— Pass. , aor. 2 ejspavrhn »a±1/4 : pf. e[sparmai :— to sow:
I.
to sow
seed,
Hes.
,
Att.
2.
to sow
children,
to engender, beget them,
Soph
.:
—Pass.
to be born,
Id.,
Eur.
3.
to scatter like seed, strew, throw about,
cruso;n kai; a[rguron
Hdt
.;
drovson
Eur
.:—
to spread abroad,
as Virg.
spargere voces,
Soph
.:
—Pass.
to be scattered, dispersed,
Eur
.,
Thuc.
II. to sow a field, Hes. , Hdt. , etc. : Pass. , hJ speiromevnh Ai[gupto" the arable part of Egypt, Hdt.