μίτρα, Ep. and Ion.
μίτρη,ἡ, a piece of armour, apparently a metal guard worn round the waist, Il. 4.137 , 187 , 216 , 5.857 .
2. in later Poets, = ζώνη ,maiden's girdle, Theoc. 27.54 [μίτρᾰνcj.,μικράνcodd.], Call. Aet. 3.1.45 , Mosch. 2.73 , etc.; μ. λῦσαι
A.R. 1.288
;λύσασθαι, ἀναλύεσθαι, Call. Jov. 21 , Del. 222 ; παρθένον ἧς ἀπέλυσε μίτρην
Epigr.Gr. 319
; also, = στρόφιον, τὴν μ. ἣ μαστοὺς ἐφίλησε
Call. Epigr. 39 , cf. A.R. 3.867 , etc.
3. girdle worn by wrestlers,
AP 15.44 .
4. surgical bandage, Q.S. 4.213 .
II. headband, snood, μ. Λυδία νεανίδων . . ἄγαλμα
Alcm. 23.67
, cf. E. Ba. 833 , Hec. 924 (lyr.), Ar. Th. 257 .