Aristotle Greek Lexicon διάζωμα

διάζωμα

diazoma

that which is put round as a girdle

Appears 24 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

διάζωμα, ατος, τό, A. that which is put round as a girdle: hence, 1. a girdle, drawers, δ. ἔχειν περὶ τὰ αἰδοῖα Th. 1.6. b. bandage, Hp. Fist. 9. 2. φρενῶν δ., = διάφραγμα II, Arist. PA 672b10; τὸ δ. τὸ τοῦ θώρακος Id. HA 497a23: of the pelvis, ib.493a22; partition, Id. PA 681a3. 3. cornice or frieze in Architecture, Thphr. Lap. 7. 4. gangway, giving access to the seats in a theatre, CIG(add.)2755 (Aphrodisias), Vitr. 5.6.7. 5. vein, layer, marking, in stone, Dsc. 5.126. 6. isthmus, Plu. Phoc. 13. 7. layer, stratum of atmosphere, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.69; vein, of copper ore, Dsc. 5.74 (pl.).

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