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|Definition=Ep. [[ἐΰζωνος]], ον, ([[ζώνη]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[well-girdled]], Hom. (only in Il. and h.Cer.), as [[epithet]] of women, Il.1.429, h.Cer.255,al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> later, of men, [[girt up for exercise]], [[active]], [[μῆκος]] δ' ὁδοῦ εὐζώνῳ ἀνδρὶ πέντε ἡμέραι ἀναισιμοῦνται Hdt.1.72; τριήκοντα ἡμερέων εὐζώνῳ ὁδός ib. 104, cf. 2.34, Th.2.97; of [[light]] [[troop]]s, X.An.5.4.23, Plb.3.35.7, Plu.Demetr. 9; of [[ὁπλίτης|ὁπλῖται]] without their [[heavy]] [[shield]]s, X.An.7.3.46: generally, [[well-equipped]], LXX Jo.4.13; also εὐζώνῳ τῇ κεφαλῇ [[πυκτεύειν]] Philostr.Im. 2.19; later, of [[ship]]s, Max.Tyr.1.3. Adv. [[εὐζώνως]] = [[in a well-girded way]], [[in quick fashion]] Alciphr.3.55.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of a [[garment]], [[well-girded]], dub. in S.Fr.342.<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., [[unencumbered]], [[πενία]] Plu.Pel.3; εὔζωνος καὶ [[ἐλεύθερος]] [[βίος]] D.C.56.6.<br><span class="bld">5</span> in Lit. Crit., [[work-a-day]], [[unpretending]]; in depreciatory sense, [[cheap]], τὸ εὔζωνον καὶ οἷον εὐτελὲς εἶδος τοῦ λόγου Hermog.Id.2.10; τὸ εὔζωνον χωρὶς [[εὐτέλεια|εὐτελείας]] ib.1.11; [[ἐκπίπτειν]] τὸν λόγον εἰς τὸ εὐζωνότερον ib. 1.5.