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ζώνη

ζώνη, a belt, girdle

ζών-η, ἡ, (ζώννυμι)
  • belt, girdle:
    • I prop. the lower girdle worn by women just above the hips, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετʼ 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 AP 7.324 (hence ζώνη, abs., of marriage, E. IT 204 (lyr.); of sexual intercourse, Philostr. VA 7.6): 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 oneʼs belt, i.e. rest oneself, Hdt. 8.120; ζ. ἀναλύεσθαι Call. Del. 237.
      • 2 of pregnant women, τέκνων ἤνεγχʼ ὑπὸ ζώνην βάρος A. Ch. 1000; πῶς γάρ σʼ 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, pin-money), 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 manʼs 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. QConv. 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. Fac.lun. 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 III.3.
      • 5 stripes on fish, Ael. NA 3.28, al.
    • IV pl., an order of divine beings presiding over, or engirdled with cosmic zones, opp. ἄζωνοι, Dam. Pr. 96, Procl. in Prm. p.494 S.

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