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διάζωμα, a girdle, drawers

διάζωμα, ατος, τό,
  • that which is put round as a girdle: hence,
      • 1 a girdle, drawers, δ. ἔχειν περὶ τὰ αἰδοῖα Th. 1.6.
        • b bandage, Hp. Fist. 9.
      • 2 φρενῶν δ., = διάφραγμα II, Arist. PA 672b10; τὸ δ. τὸ τοῦ θώρακος Id. HA 497a23: of the pelvis, ib. 493a22; partition, Id. PA 681a3.
      • 3 cornice or frieze in Architecture, Thphr. Lap. 7.
      • 4 gangway, giving access to the seats in a theatre, CIG (add.) 2755 (Aphrodisias), Vitr. 5.6.7.
      • 5 vein, layer, marking, in stone, Dsc. 5.126.
      • 6 isthmus, Plu. Phoc. 13.
      • 7 layer, stratum of atmosphere, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.69; vein, of copper ore, Dsc. 5.74 (pl.).

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