__I properly the lower girdle worn by women just above the hips, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ᾽ ἰξυῖ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.231, 10.544, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.181, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.51, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+] —Phrases:
__I.1 λῦσε δὲ παρθενίην ζ. unloosed her maiden girdle, of the bridegroom, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.245, compare “Lyric poetry” “Alex.Adesp.” 11.18, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 15 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, of the bride, μούνῳ ἑνὶ ζώναν ἀνέρι λυσαμένα [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 7.324 (hence ζώνη] Refs], absolutely, of marriage, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 204 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sexual intercourse, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 7.6): but also, ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I.1.b ζ. λῦσαι to loose the girdle for childbirth, [[ 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 67 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; later λύσασθαι or ἀπολύσασθαι, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 209, 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.56; so ζώναν κατατίθεσθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.39. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.1.c of men on a march, ζ. λύσασθαι to slacken one's belt, i.e. rest oneself, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.120; ζ. ἀναλύεσθαι 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 237. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 proverbial, εἰς ζώνην δεδόσθαι to be given for girdle-money (as we should say, pinmoney), of Oriental queens who had cities given them for their small expenses, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.9; ἣν [χώραν] καλεῖν.. ζ. τῆς βασιλέως γυναικός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.123b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II man's belt (more frequently ζωστήρ), ἡ ζ. τοῦ Ὠρίωνος the three stars that form the belt of Orion. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 343b24 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; the belt of barbarians, in which they wore the dagger, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.10, 4.7.16, 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 39a, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 33, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 368c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b belt used as a purse, [[ PRyl. 127.32(1st c.AD), NT.Matt.10.9, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.665b; ζ. χρυσίον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Fug.” 31. ] NT+1st c.AD+]
__II.2 part round which the girdle passed, waist, Ἄρεϊ ζώνην ἴκελος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.479 (misunderstood by 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.17.3), compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.234, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 168.28, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus cited in 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus (also explained as ={ὀσφύς}). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.3 = Latin cingulum, belt worn by Roman civil and military officers, [[[ 6th c.BC: Demodocus Lyricus] 5 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ={ἀξίωμα}, [[ 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs]; οἱ ὑπὸ ζώνην soldiers, [[ Anonymus cited in [same work]see {αὐθεντήσαντα},compare “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.5.12.6, 11, 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Edict.” 13.26, “PLond.” 5.1680.21 (6th c.AD). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__III anything that goes round like a belt, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.935a, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Musc.Enc.” 3 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the girdle of ocean, [[ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “adversus Christianos - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 69. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__III.2 one of the zones of the terrestrial sphere, [[ Stoic. 2.195, 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus cited in 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.2.2, “Placita Philosophorum” 2.12.1 (_plural_), etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ζ. διακεκαυμένη, εὔκρατος, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.24, 1.4.6. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.4 Latin zona, in in Medicine texts, shingles, Scrib.Larg.[[ 63, 247; compare ζωστήρ 111.3. ] Refs]
__III.5 stripes on fish, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 3.28, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV plural, an order of divine beings presiding over, or engirdled with cosmic zones, opposed to ἄζωνοι, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 96, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.494S. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
