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's belt, 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” AP9.421 (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.HP4.6.2, Plin.HN13.135.
IV. name of a cape on the west coast of Attica, Hdt.8.107, Hyp.Fr.67, etc.
2. epith. of Apollo at Zoster, AB261(sed leg. Ζωστήριος).
VI. name of a πηγή in the Chaldaean system, Dam.Pr.96.