ζών-η, ἡ,
(ζώννυμι)
belt, girdle:
I properly
the lower girdle worn by women just
above the hips, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ᾽ ἰξυῖ [
Refs 8th c.BC+] —Phrases:
I.1 λῦσε δὲ παρθενίην ζ. unloosed her maiden
girdle, of the bridegroom, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
middle, of the bride, μούνῳ ἑνὶ ζώναν ἀνέρι λυσαμένα [
Refs],
absolutely, of
marriage, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of
sexual intercourse, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
I.1.b ζ. λῦσαι to loose
the girdle for childbirth, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; later λύσασθαι or ἀπολύσασθαι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.1.c of men on a march, ζ. λύσασθαι to slacken one's
belt, i.e. rest oneself, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2 of pregnant women, τέκνων ἤνεγχ᾽ ὑπὸ ζώνην βάρος [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πῶς γάρ σ᾽ ἔθρεψεν ἐντὸς.. ζώνη; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὑπὸ ζώνῃ θέσθαι to
conceive, [
Refs]
I.3 proverbial, εἰς ζώνην δεδόσθαι to be given
for girdle-money (as we should say,
pinmoney), of Oriental queens who had cities given them for their small expenses, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II man's
belt (more frequently ζωστήρ), ἡ ζ. τοῦ Ὠρίωνος the three stars that form the
belt of Orion. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; the
belt of barbarians, in which they wore the dagger, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.b belt used as a
purse, [
NT+1st c.AD+]
II.2 part round which the girdle passed, waist, Ἄρεϊ ζώνην ἴκελος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.3 = Latin
cingulum,
belt worn by Roman civil and military officers, [[
Refs 6th c.BC+]; =ἀξίωμα, [
Refs]; οἱ ὑπὸ ζώνην
soldiers, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
III anything that goes round like a belt, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the
girdle of ocean, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
III.2 one of the zones of the terrestrial sphere, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ζ. διακεκαυμένη, εὔκρατος, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.2.b one of the planetary spheres, οἱ μὲν [τῶν πλανητῶν] ὑψηλὴν ζ. φέρονται οἱ δὲ ταπεινήν [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III.2.c Astrology texts,= ζῴδιον, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
III.3 in Architecture texts,= διάζωμα,
frieze, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III.4 Latin
zona, in in Medicine texts,
shingles, Scrib.Larg.[
Refs]
III.5 stripes on fish, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV plural, an order of divine beings presiding over, or
engirdled with cosmic
zones, opposed to ἄζωνοι, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
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