I.a belt or girdle, worn round the waist beneath the cuirass (whereas the ζωστήρ went over it), Il.
2.= ζώνη, the maiden-zone, Theocr., Mosch., etc.
3.a girdle worn by wrestlers, Anth.
II.a head-band worn by Greek women to tie up their hair, a snood, Eur.
2.the victor's chaplet at the games, Pind.; Λυδία μίτρα a Lydian garland (i. e. an ode in Lydian measure), id=Pind.
3.a Persian head-dress, turban, Hdt.
