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spinter

spinter (spinther), ēris, n. [prob. from σφιγκτήρ],
  • a kind of bracelet which kept its place on the arm by its own elasticity: spinter, genus armillae quod mulieres antiquae gerere solebant bracchio summo sinistro, Fest. p. 333 Müll.: jubeas spinter novom reconcinnarier, Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 4 (527) sq.; 4, 3, 8 (682) sq.; 5, 2, 56 (808); cf. Prisc. p. 646 P.

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