- ζωστήρ
- ζωστήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, ([etym.] ζώννυμι) in Il. alwaysA a warrior's belt, prob. of leather covered with metal plates,
ὅθι ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες χρύσειοι σύνεχον 4.132
; δαιδάλεος, παναίολος, ib.135,186;φοίνικι φαεινός 7.305
, cf. Hdt.9.74, S.Aj.1030; of an Amazon, Pi.Fr.172: in Od., a swineherd's belt, 14.72, cf. Theoc.7.18,26.17.II later,= ζώνη, a woman's girdle, Paus.1.31.1: metaph., of the encircling sea,νῆσοι . . , ἃς . . ζ. Αἰγαίου κύματος ἐντὸς ἔχει AP9.421
(Antip. Thess.); ὠκεανὸς ἀτλαντικὸς ζ. Secund.Sent.2.III anything that goes round like a girdle:1 stripe marking certain height in the ship, Hld.1.1.2 grass-wrack, Posidonia oceanica, Thphr.HP4.6.2, Plin.HN13.135.3 = ζώνη 111.4, ib.26.121.IV name of a cape on the west coast of Attica, Hdt.8.107, Hyp.Fr.67, etc.2 epith. of Apollo at Zoster, AB261(sed leg. Ζωστήριος).V ζωστῆρες Ἐνυοῦς, of warriors, Call.Ap.85.VI name of a πηγή in the Chaldaean system, Dam.Pr.96.
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