εὔζωνος

euzonos

well-girdled

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 7
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Book 1 1
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1429
Book 6 1
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6467
Book 9 3
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9366
9590
9667
Book 23 2
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23261
23760

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὔζωνος, Ep. ἐΰζ-, ον, (ζώνη) A. well-girdled, Hom. (only in Il. and h.Cer.), as epith. of women, Il. 1.429, h.Cer. 255,al. 2. later, of men, girt up for exercise, active, μῆκος δʼ ὁδοῦ εὐζώνῳ ἀνδρὶ πέντε ἡμέραι ἀναισιμοῦνται Hdt. 1.72; τριήκοντα ἡμερέων εὐζώνῳ ὁδός ib. 104, cf. 2.34, Th. 2.97; of light troops, X. An. 5.4.23, Plb. 3.35.7, Plu. Demetr. 9; of ὁπλῖται without their heavy shields, X. An. 7.3.46: generally, well-equipped, LXX Jo. 4.13; also εὔ. τῇ κεφαλῇ πυκτεύειν Philostr. Im. 2.19; later, of ships, Max.Tyr. 1.3. Adv. -νως Alciphr. 3.55. 3. of a garment, well-girded, dub. in S. Fr. 342. 4. metaph., unencumbered, πενία Plu. Pel. 3; εὔ. καὶ ἐλεύθερος βίος D.C. 56.6. 5. in Lit. Crit., work-a-day, unpretending; in depreciatory sense, cheap, τὸ εὔ. καὶ οἷον εὐτελὲς εἶδος τοῦ λόγου Hermog. Id. 2.10; τὸ εὔ. χωρὶς εὐτελείας ib.1.11; ἐκπίπτειν τὸν λόγον εἰς τὸ -ότερον ib. 1.5.

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