ζωόφορ-ος,ον,
A. life-giving,
IG 3.171 ; ἄνεμοι
AP 9.765
(Paul. Sil.).
II. ζῳοφόρος,ον,bearing animals: and so,
1. bearing the figures of animals, sculptured, πίνακες
D.S. 18.26
; Lat.zophorus, asSubst.,frieze, Vitr. 3.5.10 .
2. ὁ ζ. κύκλος,=ὁ ζῳδιακός, Arist. Mu. 392a11 , Corp.Herm. 13.12 , etc.; withoutκύκλος, Ph. 2.153 , AP 14.124 ;σφαῖρα ἡ ζ.(ζωηφ-cod.) Ph. 2.294 .