A.soup or sauce to eat with meat, fish, etc., Ar.Eq.1174, Pax716, al.; οἱ ζ. οἱ τῶν πιόνων soups made from animals with soft fat (πιμελή), Arist.HA520a8, cf. PA651a29; ζ. μέλας black broth of the Spartans, Matro Conv.94, cf. Plu.Lyc.12: metaph., bloodshed, Thphr.Char.8.7.
2. Com. name for fat, greasy fellow, “λιπαρὸς περιπατεῖ Δημοκλῆς, ζ. κατωνόμασται” Anaxandr.34.5, cf. Aristopho 4.3.
3. in Alchemy, wash, Ps.-Democr.Alch.p.48 B., Zos.Alch.p.169 B.