ζῳοφόρος
ὦ θάνατε παιάν, μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς μολεῖν· μόνος γὰρ εἶ σὺ τῶν ἀνηκέστων κακῶν ἰατρός, ἄλγος δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἅπτεται νεκροῦ. → O death, the healer, reject me not, but come! For thou alone art the mediciner of ills incurable, and no pain layeth hold on the dead.
Middle Liddell
ζῳοφόρος, ον ζῶον
bearing animals: ὁ ζ. (sc. κύκλοσ), the zodiac, Anth.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1144] Tiere tragend, πίναξ, darstellend, D. Sic. 18, 26; κύκλος, der Tierkreis, Arist. mund. 2; Synes. 1 (App. 92); – ἄνεμοι, lebenbringend, belebend, Paul. Sil. 67 (IX, 765).
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui porte des animaux, càd orné de figures d'animaux ; ὁ ζῳοφόρος κύκλος ou simpl. ὁ ζῳοφόρος, le zodiaque.
Étymologie: ζῷον, φέρω.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ζῳοφόρος: II ὁ (sc. κύκλος) зодиак Anth.
дающий жизнь, животворящий (ἄνεμοι Anth.).
покрытый изображениями животных (πίναξ Diod.): ὁ ζ. κύκλος Arst. = ὁ ζῳδιακός.
Wikipedia EN
Zoophorus (Ancient Greek: ζῳοφόρος) and Zophorus (Ancient Greek: ζῳφόρος), meaning "bearing animals", was the Ancient Greek term for a decorated frieze between the architrave and cornice, typically with a continuous bas-relief. A zoophoric column is a pillar supporting the figure of an animal. The word is rarely used in modern English architectural writing.
