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.
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.
COIL Copy link • COIL 1. glomerare (in the shape of a ball); e.g., lanam glomerare. 2. glomus: glomus lini.