"σπεῖρα" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /spêː.ra/, /ˈspi.ra/, /ˈspi.ra/, /spêː.ra/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈspi.ra/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈspi.ra/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈspi.ra/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈspi.ra/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *sper-yeh₂-, from *sper- (“to twist”), and thus cognate with σπάργανον (spárganon, “swaddling clothes”), σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”), and σπεῖρον (speîron, “shroud”). Outside of Hellenic, cognate with Old Armenian փարել (pʻarel, “to enclose, embrace”) (whence Armenian փարվել (pʻarvel, “id”)), as well as perhaps Albanian fier (“fern”) (which directly corresponds in formation with σπεῖρον (speîron)). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*sper-}}, {{inh|grc|ine-pro||*sper-yeh₂-}} Proto-Indo-European *sper-yeh₂-, {{cog|xcl|փարել|t=to enclose, embrace}} Old Armenian փարել (pʻarel, “to enclose, embrace”), {{cog|hy|փարվել|t=id}} Armenian փարվել (pʻarvel, “id”), {{cog|sq|fier|t=fern}} Albanian fier (“fern”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|σπείρᾱς|f|first}} σπεῖρα • (speîra) f (genitive σπείρᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σπεῖρᾰ|σπεῖρᾱς}}, {{grc-decl|σπεῖρᾰ|ης|dial=ion}} Forms: speîra [romanization], σπείρᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ σπεῖρᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ σπείρᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ σπεῖραι [nominative, plural], τῆς σπείρᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν σπείραιν [dual, genitive], τῶν σπειρῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ σπείρᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν σπείραιν [dative, dual], ταῖς σπείραις [dative, plural], τὴν σπεῖρᾰν [accusative, singular], τὼ σπείρᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς σπείρᾱς [accusative, plural], σπεῖρᾰ [singular, vocative], σπείρᾱ [dual, vocative], σπεῖραι [plural, vocative], declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ σπεῖρᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ σπείρᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ σπεῖραι [nominative, plural], τῆς σπείρης [genitive, singular], τοῖν σπείραιν [dual, genitive], τῶν σπειρέων [genitive, plural], σπειρῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ σπείρῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν σπείραιν [dative, dual], τῇσῐ [dative, plural], τῇσῐν σπείρῃσῐ [dative, plural], σπείρῃσῐν [dative, plural], têisi speírēisi [dative, plural], têisi speírēisin [dative, plural], têisini [dative, plural], têisinin [dative, plural], τὴν σπεῖρᾰν [accusative, singular], τὼ σπείρᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς σπείρᾱς [accusative, plural], σπεῖρᾰ [singular, vocative], σπείρᾱ [dual, vocative], σπεῖραι [plural, vocative]
  1. anything twisted or wound
    (in the plural) coils or spires of snakes
    Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-σπεῖρα-grc-noun-xqI9pDhu Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 15 15 15 30
  2. anything twisted or wound
    rope, cord
    Sense id: en-σπεῖρα-grc-noun-zHHtHHYP Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 15 15 15 30
  3. anything twisted or wound
    knot or curl in wood
    Sense id: en-σπεῖρα-grc-noun-eQr0pig9 Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 15 15 15 30
  4. anything twisted or wound
    (architecture) torus of a column
    Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-σπεῖρα-grc-noun-1HkxHbiE Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 15 15 15 30 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: σπειραία (speiraía), σπειράομαι (speiráomai), σπειρηδόν (speirēdón), σπειρικός (speirikós), σπειρίον (speiríon), σπειρίτης (speirítēs)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /spêː.ra/, /ˈspi.ra/, /ˈspi.ra/, /spêː.ra/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈspi.ra/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈspi.ra/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈspi.ra/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈspi.ra/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: speîra [romanization]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{grc-noun form}} σπεῖρα • (speîra)
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of σπεῖρον (speîron) Tags: accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: σπεῖρον (extra: speîron)
    Sense id: en-σπεῖρα-grc-noun-zNBXhSdl Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 23 14 14 14 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 15 15 15 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 17 17 17 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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