σπειρ-ηδόν,
adverb in coils, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 1.516, 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 22.2 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in a ring, [[ Anthologia Graeca 9.301 (2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in zig-zag lines (= σπυριδόν, which see), γράφειν [[Scholia 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus p.484 H. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II (σπεῖρα [[ 11)] Refs] of troops, in maniples, manipulatim, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.4.9, LXX.2Mac.5.2; ἡ σ. μάχη 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.3.7. ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]