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ζῶμα , ατος, τό, (ζώννυμι)
A.loin-cloth, drawers, worn next the body in a boxing contest, “ζ. δέ οἱ πρῶτον παρακάββαλενIl.23.683; in war, 4.216; “ἑπόμην σάκος οἶον ἔχων καὶ ζ. φαεινόνOd.14.482; “ζώματα καὶ κυπάσσιδεςAlc.15.6.
3. band used in surgery, Hp.Art.14.
II. = ζώνη, woman's girdle, “ἔλυσε ζ. παρθένωAlc.Supp.8.10, cf. S.El.452, IG22.1514.15, Ar.Fr. 320.7, Men.432, AP6.272 (Pers.).—A non-Att. form ζῶσμα (v. Thom.Mag.p.165 R.) in Str.7.2.3, Sor.Fasc.45, al., Ach.Tat.1.1, 3.21, Hld.3.1.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Homer, Iliad, 4.216
    • Sophocles, Electra, 452
    • Homer, Iliad, 23.683
    • Homer, Odyssey, 14.482
    • Strabo, Geography, 7.2.3
    • Hippocrates, De articulis, 14
    • Achilles Tatius, Leucippe et Clitophon, 1.1
    • Achilles Tatius, Leucippe et Clitophon, 3.21
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