μίτρη

μίτρη

-ης, ἡ.

App. some kind of metal guard worn round the waist under the ζωστήρ, ζῶμα and θώρηξ Il. 4.137, 187, 216, Il. 5.857.

μίτρη : a band or girdle round the waist and abdomen, below the στατὸς θώρηξ, the exterior of metal plates, the interior lined with wool (see cut No. 33), shorter than the ζῶμα, which covered it, while over both and the θώρηξ passed the ζωστήρ. (See cut No. 3.)