Thayer's Greek Lexicon

 1. anything rolled into a circle or ball, anything wound, rolled up,
folded together
2. a military cohort
  1) the tenth part of legion
2a1. about 600 men i.e. legionaries
2a2. if auxiliaries either 500 or 1000
2a3. a maniple, or the thirtieth part of a legion
  2) any band, company, or detachment, of soldiers