ζωστήρ

English (LSJ)

ῆρος, ὁ, (ζώννυμι) in Il. always

   A a warrior's belt, prob. of leather covered with metal plates, ὅθι ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες χρύσειοι σύνεχον 4.132; δαιδάλεος, παναίολος, ib.135,186; φοίνικι φαεινός 7.305, cf. Hdt.9.74, S.Aj.1030; of an Amazon, Pi.Fr.172: in Od., a swineherd's belt, 14.72, cf. Theoc.7.18,26.17.    II later,= ζώνη, a woman's girdle, Paus.1.31.1: metaph., of the encircling sea, νῆσοι... ἃς . . ζ. Αἰγαίου κύματος ἐντὸς ἔχει AP9.421 (Antip. Thess.); ὠκεανὸς ἀτλαντικὸς ζ. Secund.Sent.2.    III anything that goes round like a girdle:    1 stripe marking certain height in the ship, Hld.1.1.    2 grass-wrack, Posidonia oceanica, Thphr.HP4.6.2, Plin.HN13.135.    3 = ζώνη 111.4, ib.26.121.    IV name of a cape on the west coast of Attica, Hdt.8.107, Hyp.Fr.67, etc.    2 epith. of Apollo at Zoster, AB261(sed leg. Ζωστήριος).    V ζωστῆρες Ἐνυοῦς, of warriors, Call.Ap.85.    VI name of a πηγή in the Chaldaean system, Dam.Pr.96.