coil (v.) Copy link Outline 1. glŏmĕro, 1 (to gather into a ball)2. conspīro, 1 (fr. spira • coil (v.): 1. glŏmĕro, 1 (to gather into a ball): to c. wool up in balls, lanam g. in orbes, Ov. (but the verb usu. denotes simply to gather thick together). 2. conspīro, 1 (fr. spira: rare): the snake c.s itself up, anguis se c., Aur. Vict. Phr.: c.ing round his (Laocoon's) neck with their scaly forms, collo squamea circum terga dati, Virg.