διαζώννυμι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or διαζωννύω, fut. <b class="b3">-ζώσω</b>: pf. Pass. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> διέζωμαι <span class="title">IG</span>2.736<span class="hiitalic">B</span>19, ib.11(2).161.35 (Delos, iii B.C.):— [[gird round]], [[encircle]], [[embrace]], Gal.14.715: metaph., <b class="b3">τὸν ὅλον ἄνθρωπον διέζωσεν [ἡ ψυχή</b>] <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.39</span>:—Med., <b class="b2">undergird one's</b> ship, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>5.91</span>; but usu. [[gird oneself with]], διαζωσάμενοι τὸ τριβώνιον <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>3</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">διαζώννυσθαι ἐσθῆτα, ἀκινάκην</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Somn.</span> 6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Anach.</span>6</span>: abs., [[διεζωσμένοι]] [[wearing the]] διάζωμα ''1'', <span class="bibl">Th.1.6</span> codd. (-ζωμένοι Phot., Suid.): metaph., <b class="b3">ἀρχὴν διεζωσμένος</b> [[invested with]] office, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>14.9.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[engirdle]], [[encompass]], of fire, <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Brut.</span>31</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν αὐχένα</b> (i.e. the Chersonese) δ. ἐρύμασι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Per.</span>19</span>; νήσους <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Them.</span>12</span>:—Pass., [ἡ Ἀττικὴ] μέση διέζωσται ὄρεσιν <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Mem.</span>3.5.25</span>; ῥάχει διεζῶσθαι <span class="bibl">Plb.5.69.1</span>; also [[pass like a girdle]], διὰ τῶν τροπικῶν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>392a12</span>.</span>