spuris denotes a container used for gathered food remnants and for lowering a person through a wall.

The attested usage shows a container, most often associated with taking up remaining fragments after a meal and once used to lower a person through a wall.

1. A container for fragments or for carrying a person · dominant

   In Mark 8:8, Mark 8:20, Matthew 15:37, and Matthew 16:10, the plural forms occur where remaining fragments are taken up after the people eat; the APB renders these clauses with “baskets” or “basketfuls.” In Acts 9:25, the singular dative form occurs in the action of lowering him through the wall, and the APB renders that setting “in a basket.”

   Mark 8:8Mark 8:20Matthew 15:37Matthew 16:10Acts 9:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “baskets” for the containers of fragments, “basketfuls” in Mark 8:20, and “a basket” for the container used in lowering a person in Acts 9:25. These renderings confirm the verse settings rather than isolate each token exactly.