ζήτρειον
τὸ δὲ ποιεῖν ἄνευ νοῦ ἃ δοκεῖ καὶ σὺ ὁμολογεῖς κακὸν εἶναι: ἢ οὔ → but doing what one thinks fit without intelligence is—as you yourself admit, do you not?—an evil
English (LSJ)
or ζητρ-εῖον, τό,
A a place of punishment for slaves at Chios, Eup.19D., Theopomp.Com.63, cf. EM411.33, Eust.837.44: ζήτριον, prob. in Herod.5.32, cf. Choerob. ap. EM l.c.: metaph. in dat. pl. -ίοις, 'treadmills', dub. in Phld.Oec.p.44J.:—the forms ζώστειον, Ar.Fr.93; ζώντειον or ζητρ-εῖον, Poll.3.78, Zonar.; ζώτειον, EM414.40 are incorrect.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ζήτρειον: ἢ -εῖον, τό, τόπος ἔνθα ἐκολάζοντο οἱ δοῦλοι ἐν Χίῳ, Εὔπολ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 46, Θεόπομπ. Κωμ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 1· ἴδε Ε. Μ. 411. 33, Εὐστ. 837. 44· γραφόμενον ζώστειον, ἐν Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 66b, ζώντειον ἢ -εῖον ἐν Πολυδ. Γ΄, 78, Ζωναρ.· ζώτειον ἐν Ε. Μ. 414. 40. - Ὁ ὀρθὸς τύπος φαίνεται ὅτι εἶναι ζητρ-, ἂν ὁ Ἡσύχ. ὀρθῶς ἀναφέρῃ τὸ ζητρὸς μετὰ τῆς ἑρμηνείας δήμιος.
