ζωστήρ,ῆρος,ὁ, (ζώννυμι) in Il. always
A. 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'sbelt, 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
AP 9.421
(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. HP 4.6.2 , Plin. HN 13.135 .
3.
= ζώνη