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περίζωμα

περίζωμα, a girdle round the loins, apron

περί-ζωμα, ατος, τό,
  • girdle worn round the loins, PRev.Laws 94.7 (iii B. C.), Plu. Rom. 21 (in form περί-ζωσμα), Poll. 7.65, etc.; worn by athletes, Paus. 1.44.1; by priests, Plu. Aem. 33; by smiths, Arr. Epict. 4.8.16; ἔχειν π. wear the apron, of a cook, Hegesipp.Com. 1.7: hence οἱ λόγοι σου περιζώματος ὄζουσιν Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.182d; ἀσκεῖν ἐκ περιζώματος practise an art with the apron on. i.e. merely with the outward appendage of an art, superficially, D.H. Din. 1; of soldiers, underclothing, ἐν περιζώμασιν, opp. ἐν θώραξι, Plb. 6.25.3.

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