ζείδωρος,ον,
A. zea-giving( Plin. HN 18.82 , EM 410.6 ), as epith. of the earth, ζείδωρος ἄρουρα
Il. 2.548
, Od. 3.3 , Hes. Op. 173 ; ζ. ἀρδμός
Nonn. D. 26.185
: c. gen., ζ. ὀπώρης ἀχράς
AP 9.4
( Cyllen. ): also in late Prose, Hld. 9.22 (ζἑϝ̓έ-δωρος, cf.ζέα).
II. some authors derived it fromζάω,=βιόδωρος(so expld. by Hsch. ),life-giving, Ἀφροδίτη
Emp. 151
; Ἠέλιος
Nonn. D. 12.23
, cf. 22.276 .ζείζιν,mamma,
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