ζῶσις
From LSJ
οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
English (LSJ)
-εως, ἡ, (ζώννυμι) girding on, cincture, σάκκων LXX Is.22.12.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1145] ἡ, das Gürten, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ζῶσις: -εως, ἡ, (ζώννυμι) ζώσιμον περίζωσις, σάκων Ἑβδ. (Ἡσαΐ. κβ΄, 12), Ἐκκλ. ΙΙ. ἡ ὀσφύς, ἡ «μέση», Ἀχμ. Ὀνειρ. 178, Κ. Δ. Ἀποκαλ. 59.
