ζωστήρ
οὗ δ' ἂν Ἔρως μὴ ἐφάψηται, σκοτεινός → he on whom Love has laid no hold is obscure | he whom Love touches not walks in darkness
English (LSJ)
ῆρος, ὁ, (ζώννυμι) in Il. always
A a warrior's belt, prob. of leather covered with metal plates, ὅθι ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες χρύσειοι σύνεχον 4.132; δαιδάλεος, παναίολος, ib.135,186; φοίνικι φαεινός 7.305, cf. Hdt.9.74, S.Aj.1030; of an Amazon, Pi.Fr.172: in Od., a swineherd's belt, 14.72, cf. Theoc.7.18,26.17. II later,= ζώνη, a woman's girdle, Paus.1.31.1: metaph., of the encircling sea, νῆσοι... ἃς . . ζ. Αἰγαίου κύματος ἐντὸς ἔχει AP9.421 (Antip. Thess.); ὠκεανὸς ἀτλαντικὸς ζ. Secund.Sent.2. III anything that goes round like a girdle: 1 stripe marking certain height in the ship, Hld.1.1. 2 grass-wrack, Posidonia oceanica, Thphr.HP4.6.2, Plin.HN13.135. 3 = ζώνη 111.4, ib.26.121. IV name of a cape on the west coast of Attica, Hdt.8.107, Hyp.Fr.67, etc. 2 epith. of Apollo at Zoster, AB261(sed leg. Ζωστήριος). V ζωστῆρες Ἐνυοῦς, of warriors, Call.Ap.85. VI name of a πηγή in the Chaldaean system, Dam.Pr.96.
