waist
waist
subs.
Hold by the waist: see P. and V. μέσον ἔχειν (τινά).
You hold me by the waist: V. μέσον μʼ ὀχμάζεις (Eur. Or. 265).
Seize by the waist: P. ἁρπάζειν (τινά) μέσον (Dem. 1252).
Middle: use P. and V. ὀμφᾰλός, ὁ (lit. navel).
subs.
Hold by the waist: see P. and V. μέσον ἔχειν (τινά).
You hold me by the waist: V. μέσον μʼ ὀχμάζεις (Eur. Or. 265).
Seize by the waist: P. ἁρπάζειν (τινά) μέσον (Dem. 1252).
Middle: use P. and V. ὀμφᾰλός, ὁ (lit. navel).
WAIST
*media pars (corporis navis) truncus corporis (Cic. the trunk).
*media pars (corporis navis) truncus corporis (Cic. the trunk).
waist: no single word: expr. by *media pars corporis, medium corpus: the w. of a ship, *media pars navis, media navis. Phr.: with a girdle round the w., zona cinctus, Pl. Curc. 2, 1, 5 plunged up to the w., *medio tenus corpore immersus.