coil (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. spīra2. orbis, is, m. (poet.) • coil (subs.): 1. spīra: they (the serpents) bind him fast in their huge c.s, immensis ligant s., Virg.: also of a c. of rope, Pacuv. in Fest. 2. orbis, is, m. (poet.): to drag huge c.s along the ground (of the serpent), rapere immensos o. per humum, Virg.