ζῳοφόρος
εἰ μὴ προσέθηκα καὶ κατεσιώπησα ψυχήν μου, ὡς τὸ ἀπογεγαλακτισμένος ἐπὶ μητέρα αὐτοῦ → surely I have calmed and quieted my soul like a weaned child on its mother's shoulder
Middle Liddell
ζῳοφόρος, ον ζῶον
bearing animals: ὁ ζ. (sc. κύκλος), the zodiac, Anth.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1144] Tiere tragend, πίναξ, darstellend, D. Sic. 18, 26; κύκλος, der Tierkreis, Arist. mund. 2; Synes. 1 (App. 92); – ἄνεμοι, lebenbringend, belebend, Paul. Sil. 67 (IX, 765).
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui porte des animaux, càd orné de figures d'animaux ; ὁ ζῳοφόρος κύκλος ou simpl. ὁ ζῳοφόρος, le zodiaque.
Étymologie: ζῷον, φέρω.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ζῳοφόρος: II ὁ (sc. κύκλος) зодиак Anth.
дающий жизнь, животворящий (ἄνεμοι Anth.).
покрытый изображениями животных (πίναξ Diod.): ὁ ζ. κύκλος Arst. = ὁ ζῳδιακός.
Wikipedia EN
Zoophorus (Ancient Greek: ζῳοφόρος) and Zophorus (Ancient Greek: ζῳφόρος), meaning "bearing animals", was the Ancient Greek term for a decorated frieze between the architrave and cornice, typically with a continuous bas-relief. A zoophoric column is a pillar supporting the figure of an animal. The word is rarely used in modern English architectural writing.
