πρότμησις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, (προτέμνω)

   A waist or loins, where the body is drawn in, Il.11.424, Q.S.6.374; = ὀσφῦς, Poll.2.179, SIG1017.7 (Sinope, iii B.C.); but cf. EM691.18 (πρότμητιν is a variant in Sch.T Il.l.c.,cf.προτμῆτις Hsch., πρότμηστιν Phot.); προτμητόν· τὸν ὀμφαλόν, Hsch.