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|lshtext=<b>zōna</b>: (sōna, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 85 Ritschl), ae, f., = [[ζώνη]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[belt]], [[girdle]], [[zone]], [[worn]] [[about]] the loins by women (cf. [[cingulum]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Cat. 2, 13; Ov. F. 2, 320; id. H. 2, 116; id. M. 5, 470; 10, 379; id. R. Am. 602; id. Am. 1, 7, 48 al.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[girdle]] [[worn]] by men for containing [[money]], a [[money]]-[[belt]] (cf. [[crumena]]), C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12 fin.; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[girdle]] or [[belt]] of [[Orion]], a [[constellation]], Ov. F. 6, 787.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[line]] [[running]] [[around]] the [[edge]] of a [[gem]], a [[girdle]], Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 90.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> One of the [[imaginary]] circles [[which]] divided the [[earth]] [[into]] [[five]] climates, a [[zone]], Verg. G. 1, 233; Ov. M. 1, 46; 2, 131; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 172; Mel. 1, 1, 2; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 13; 2, 5, 20; Mart. Cap. 6, § 602.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> A [[kind]] of [[herpes]] or [[erysipelas]], [[which]] spreads [[about]] the [[body]] [[like]] a [[girdle]], and destroys [[life]], the shingles; called also [[zoster]], Scrib. Comp. 63.
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