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Spinther

（σφιγκτήρ). A coil bracelet worn by women on the left arm (Festus, s.h.v.). It was made of gold (Plaut. Men. iii. 3, 7).

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 3.3
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