ζωστήρ — Middle Liddell

ζωστήρ ζωστήρ, ῆρος, ζώννυμι a girdle, in Il. always a warriorʼs belt or baldric, which passed round the loins and secured the bottom of the θώραξ:—in Od., the belt with which the swineherd girds up his frock. later, = ζώνη, a womanʼs girdle. metaph. of the encircling sea, Anth.

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a girdle

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ζωστήρ

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ζωστήρ

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ζωστηρ

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14525

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n14535

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zwsth/r

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