ζῶμα

zoma

loin-cloth, drawers

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 4 2
Chapter ?

4187
4216
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23683
Odyssey 1
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Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14482

Dictionary (LSJ)

ζῶμα, ατος, τό, (ζώννυμι) A. 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 22.1514.15, 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.

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