ζήτρειον
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
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.
