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λυσίζωνος

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ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. → Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.

Simonides of Kea
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Full diacritics: λῡσῐζωνος Medium diacritics: λυσίζωνος Low diacritics: λυσίζωνος Capitals: ΛΥΣΙΖΩΝΟΣ
Transliteration A: lysízōnos Transliteration B: lysizōnos Transliteration C: lysizonos Beta Code: lusi/zwnos

English (LSJ)

ον, of a soldier,

   A unequipped, ungirded, unarmed, Polyaen.8.24.3.    II loosing the zone, i.e. ceasing to be a maid, Hsch., Suid.: hence as epith. of Eileithyia and Artemis, who assisted women in travail, Theoc.17.60, Corn.ND34, Orph.H.2.7, 36.5, etc.