ζῶμα

ζῶμα, ατος, τό, (ζώννυμι)

• loin-cloth, drawers, worn next the body in a boxing contest, ζ. δέ οἱ πρῶτον παρακάββαλεν Il. 23.683; in war, 4.216; ἑπόμην σάκος οἶον ἔχων καὶ ζ. φαεινόν Od. 14.482; ζώματα καὶ κυπάσσιδες Alc. 15.6.
• • • 2 = ἔνδυμα, πεζοφόροις ζ. A. Fr. 246.
    • 3 band used in surgery, Hp. Art. 14.
  • II = ζώνη, womanʼs girdle, ἔλυσε ζ. παρθένω Alc. Supp. 8.10, cf. S. El. 452, IG 2(2).1514.15, Ar. Fr. 320.7, Men. 432, AP 6.272 (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.

ζῶμα, τό, das bis an den Gürtel reichende Unterkleid des homerischen Kriegers, s. Lehrs Aristarch. ed. 2 p. 121 ; verschieden von ζωστήρ ; Il. 4.187 εἰρύσατο ζωστήρ τε – ἠδʼ ὑπένερθεν ζῶμά τε καὶ μίτρη, vgl. 4.216, 23.683 ; Od. 14.482 heißt es σάκος οἶον ἔχων καὶ ζῶμα φαεινόν, worauf 488 folgt οὐ γὰρ ἔχω χλαῖναν u. οἰοχίτων. – Gürtel, Soph. El. 444 ; Ep.adesp. 114 (VI.272). – Die Atticisten erklären diese Form für attisch u. ζῶσμα für hellenistisch.

ζῶμα

τό

[ζώννυμι. That which is girded about one.]

• • 1

    A waist-cloth or apron, prob. of leather, worn in warfare Il. 4.187, 216: Od. 14.482.

  • 2

    Something of the same kind, but doubtless of lighter material, worn in an athletic contest Il. 23.683.

ζῶμα (ζώννῡμι): (1) apron of leather or of felt, extending from the flank to the upper part of the thigh, and serving to protect the part of the body left exposed between the cuirass and the greaves (see cut under Ἀχιλλεύς also cut No. 12, the figure of Aenēas). —(2) broad girdle around the waist of boxers, like that of the tumbler in the adjoining cut, Il. 23.683.

ζῶμα, ατος, τό, ζώννυμι

• • Ithat which is girded, a girded frock or doublet, Od.
  • • 2in Il. the lower part of the θώρηξ, round which the ζωστήρ passed, Il.
    • 3the drawers worn by athletes, in Prose διάζωμα, Il.
  • II= ζώνη, a womanʼs girdle, Soph., Anth.