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Matthew 3:4


Footnote:

8e

ζώνη : girdle of a woman (see cut No. 48, also Nos. 44 and 61); then for waist, Il. 2.479, Il. 11.234.

(Autenrieth Homer)

ζώνηA girdle worn by a goddess or a woman: ζώσατο ζώνῃ Il. 14.181. Cf. Od. 5.231 = Od. 10.544.

Fig.: λῦσε παρθενίην ζώνην (her maiden girdle) Od. 11.245.

The waist or loins of a man Il. 2.479, Il. 11.234.

(Cunliffe Homer)

ζώνη, ἡ, belt, girdle, waistband; at Hom. the lower belt that the women wore above the hips, which held the garment together, which hung down in folds (cf. ζωστήρ)

(Pape)

ζών-η, ἡ, (ζώννυμι)

prop. the lower girdle worn by women just above the hips, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετʼ ἰξυῖ Od. 5.231, 10.544, cf. Il. 14.181, Hdt. 1.51, etc.

A manʼs belt is more freq. ζωστήρ

ἡ ζώνη τοῦ Ὠρίωνος the girdle of Orion (the three stars) Aristotle, Meteorologica (343b24)

(LSJ)