ζώνη

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ἡ, (ζώννυμι)

   A belt, girdle:    I prop. the lower girdle worn by women just above the hips, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ' ἰξυῖ Od.5.231, 10.544, cf. Il.14.181, Hdt.1.51, etc.—Phrases:    1 λῦσε δὲ παρθενίην ζ. unloosed her maiden girdle, of the bridegroom, Od.11.245, cf. Lyr. Alex.Adesp.11.18, Plu.Lyc.15:—Med., of the bride, μούνῳ ἑνὶ ζώναν ἀνέρι λυσαμένα AP7.324 (hence ζώνη, abs., of marriage, E.IT204 (lyr.); of sexual intercourse, Philostr.VA7.6): but also,    b ζ. λῦσαι to loose the girdle for childbirth, Hyp.Fr.67; later λύσασθαι or ἀπολύσασθαι, Call.Del.209, Opp.C.3.56; so ζώναν κατατίθεσθαι Pi.O.6.39.    c of men on a march, ζ. λύσασθαι to slacken one's belt, i.e. rest oneself, Hdt.8.120; ζ. ἀναλύεσθαι Call.Del.237.    2 of pregnant women, τέκνων ἤνεγχ' ὑπὸ ζώνην βάρος A.Ch.1000; πῶς γάρ σ' ἔθρεψεν ἐντὸς . . ζώνης; Id.Eu.608; τοῦτον . . ἔφερον ζώνης ὕπο E.Hec. 762; also ὑπὸ ζώνῃ θέσθαι to conceive, h.Ven.255.    3 prov., εἰς ζώνην δεδόσθαι to be given for girdle-money (as we should say, pinmoney), of Oriental queens who had cities given them for their small expenses, X.An.1.4.9; ἣν [χώραν] καλεῖν . . ζ. τῆς βασιλέως γυναικός Pl.Alc.1.123b.    II man's belt (more freq. ζωστήρ) , ἡ ζ. τοῦ Ὠρίωνος the three stars that form the belt of Orion. Arist.Mete. 343b24; the belt of barbarians, in which they wore the dagger, X.An.1.6.10, 4.7.16, Theopomp.Hist.39a, Luc.Anach.33, Pl.Hp.Mi. 368c.    b belt used as a purse, PRyl.127.32(i A.D.), Ev.Matt.10.9, Plu.2.665b; ζ. χρυσίον Luc.Fug.31.    2 part round which the girdle passed, waist, Ἄρεϊ ζώνην ἴκελος Il.2.479 (misunderstood by Paus.9.17.3), cf. Il.11.234, Orph.Fr.168.28, Hp. ap. Erot. (also expld. as = ὀσφύς).    3 = Lat. cingulum, belt worn by Roman civil and military officers, [Demod.]5; = ἀξίωμα, Suid.; οἱ ὑπὸ ζώνην soldiers, Anon. ap. eund.s.v. αὐθεντήσαντα, cf. Cod.Just.1.5.12.6, 11, Just.Edict. 13.26, PLond.5.1680.21 (vi A.D.).    III anything that goes round like a belt, Plu.2.935a, Luc.Musc.Enc.3; of the girdle of ocean, Porph. Chr.69.    2 one of the zones of the terrestrial sphere, Stoic.2.195, Posidon. ap. Str.2.2.2, Placit.2.12.1 (pl.), etc.; ζ. διακεκαυμένη, εὔκρατος, Str.1.2.24, 1.4.6.    b one of the planetary spheres, οἱ μὲν [τῶν πλανητῶν] ὑψηλὴν ζ. φέρονται οἱ δὲ ταπεινήν Diog.Oen.8, cf. Vett.Val.26.18, Corp.Herm.1.25.    c Astrol.,= ζῴδιον, Porph.in Ptol.186.    3 in Archit.,= διάζωμα, frieze, Paus.5.10.5.    4 Lat.zona, in Medic., shingles, Scrib.Larg.63, 247; cf. ζωστήρ 111.3.    5 stripes on fish, Ael.NA3.28,al.    IV pl., an order of divine beings presiding over, or engirdled with cosmic zones, opp. ἄζωνοι, Dam.Pr.96, Procl.in Prm.p.494S.