ζῴδι-ον,τό, Dim. of
A.
ζῷον
11
,small figure, paintedorcarved, Hdt. 1.70 , IG 12.374.288 , 11(2).161
B 74 (Delos,iii B.C.), Plu. 2.673f ;statuette, OGI 717.6 (Egypt,iii A.D.); of large figures, ζ. πηχῶν ἑκκαίδεκα
D.S. 1.47
.
II. Astron.,sign of the Zodiac, διὰ μέσων τῶν ζ.
Arist. Metaph. 1073b20
; ὁ κύκλος ὁ τῶν ζ.
Id. Mete. 343a24
, cf. Plb. 9.15 .
7 , Zeno Stoic. 1.34 , Hipparch. 2.1.3 , al., Gem. 1.3 , Autol. 1.10 , etc.:— alsoζωΐδιον,τό, Arat. 544 , Man. 1.309 , al.