ζωστήρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ζωστῆρος, ὁ, ([[ζώννυμι]]) in Il. always<br><span class="bld">A</span> a [[warrior]]'s [[belt]], prob. of [[leather]] [[cover]]ed with [[metal]] [[plate]]s, ὅθι ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες χρύσειοι σύνεχον 4.132; [[δαιδάλεος]], [[παναίολος]], ib.135,186; φοίνικι [[φαεινός]] 7.305, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.74, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1030; of an [[Amazon]], Pi.''Fr.''172: in Od., a swineherd's [[belt]], 14.72, cf. Theoc.7.18,26.17.<br><span class="bld">II</span> later,= [[ζώνη]], a woman's [[girdle]], Paus.1.31.1: metaph., of the encircling sea, νῆσοι... ἃς… ζ. Αἰγαίου κύματος ἐντὸς ἔχει ''AP''9.421 (Antip. Thess.); ὠκεανὸς ἀτλαντικὸς ζωστήρ Secund.''Sent.''2.<br><span class="bld">III</span> anything that goes round like a [[girdle]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[stripe]] marking certain [[height]] in the [[ship]], Hld.1.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[grass-wrack]], [[Posidonia oceanica]], Thphr.''HP''4.6.2, Plin.''HN''13.135.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[ζώνη]] III.4, ib.26.121.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> name of a [[cape]] on the [[west]] [[coast]] of [[Attica]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.107, Hyp.''Fr.''67, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[epithet]] of [[Apollo]] at [[Zoster]], ''AB''261(sed leg. [[Ζωστήριος]]).<br><span class="bld">V</span> ζωστῆρες Ἐνυοῦς, of [[warrior]]s, Call.''Ap.''85.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> name of a [[πηγή]] in the [[Chaldaean]] system, Dam.''Pr.''96.