ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
girdle: P. and V. ζώνη, ἡ, V. ζωστήρ, ὁ, Ar. and V. ζῶμα, τό.