περί-ζωμα, ατος, τό,
girdle worn round the loins, [[ PRev.Laws 94.7 (3rd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 21 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+] (in form περί-ζωσμα), [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.65, etc.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; worn by athletes, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.44.1; by priests, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 33; by smiths, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.8.16 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἔχειν π. wear the apron, of a cook, [[ 3rd c.BC: Hegesippus Comicus 1.7: hence οἱ λόγοι σου περιζώματος ὄζουσιν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.182d ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀσκεῖν ἐκ περιζώματος practise an art with the apron on. i.e. merely with the outward appendage of an art, superficially, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Dinarcho” 1 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of soldiers, underclothing, ἐν περιζώμασιν, opposed to ἐν θώραξι, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.25.3. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]