περί-ζωσμα

περί-ζωμα, ατος, τό,

A girdle worn round the loins, PRev.Laws94.7 (iii B. C.), Plu.Rom.21 (in form [suff] περί-ζωσμα), Poll.7.65, etc.; worn by athletes, Paus.1.44.1; by priests, Plu.Aem.33; by smiths, Arr. Epict.4.8.16; ἔχειν π. wear the apron, of a cook, Hegesipp.Com.1.7 : hence

οἱ λόγοι σου περιζώματος ὄζουσιν Plu.2.182d

; ἀσκεῖν ἐκ περιζώματος practise an art with the apron on. i.e. merely with the outward appendage of an art, superficially, D.H.Din.1; of soldiers, underclothing, ἐν περιζώμασιν, opp. ἐν θώραξι, Plb.6.25.3.

περί-ζωσμα,

A v. περίζωμα.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `gird (oneself)' (Il.).

Other forms: - μαι, aor. ζῶσαι, - ασθαι (Il.), fut. ζώσω, perf. med.-pass. ἔζω(σ)μαι, aor. pass. ζωσθῆναι, perf. act. ἔζωκα; - ύω (Hp.).

Compounds: Often with prefix, δια-, ὑπο-, περι- a. o.

Derivatives: 1. ( διά-, περί-, ὑπό-, σύ-)ζῶμα (hell. also ζῶσμα; s. below and Schwyzer 523) `girdle, loin-cloth' (Il.) with περιζωμάτιον `id.' (hell.) and περιζωματίας `forming a girdle' (of erysipelas; Orib.). 2. ζώνη `girdle', also `waist' (Il.) with the dimin. ζώνιον (Ar., Arist.), - άριον (Comm. in Arist.); ζων-ιαῖος `with the size of a girdle' (Ath. Mech.; on the formation Chantraine Formation 49), ζωνῖτις `striped' ( καδμεία; Dsc.); περιζώνιον, - ίδιον `dagger worn on the girdle' (hell.). 3. ζωστήρ `life-girdle' (Il.; s. v. Wilamowitz Eur. Her. 313, Trümpy, Fachausdrücke 89), often metaph., also as name of a promontory on the west side of Attica (Hdt.) with Ζωστήριος, - ια surname of Apollon and Athena (inscr. V<sup>a</sup> [Athen, Delphi; v. Wilamowitz Glaube 2, 164] etc.). 4. ζῶστρα pl. `girdle' (ζ 38), ( δια-, περι-)ζώστρα f. `loin-cloth, head-band' (hell.). 5. ζωτύς (or ζωγύς) θώραξ H. 6. (ἄ-, εὔ- etc.) ζωστός `girded' (Hes.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [513] * ieh₃s- `gird'

Etymology: The verbal adjective ζωστός has an exact parallel in Av. yāsta-, Lith. júostas, IE * ieh₃s-tos. In Balto-Slavic we find yot-presents Lith. júosiu (inf. júosti), OCS. po-jašǫ (inf. - jasati) `gird', in Iranian a secondary formation ( aiwi-)yāŋhayeiti `id.' (IE *i̯eh₃seieti). A rest of the athematic root present perhaps in (Thess.) ζούσθω ζωννύσθω H.; it agrees with OLith. 3. sg. pres. juos-ti. There is no agreement for the nasal prssent ζώννυμι \< *ζώσ-νυ-μι (on the phonetics Schwyzer 282 and 312) outside Greek. - Further close agreements are ζῶμα (\< IE *i̯eh₃s-mn̥) and Lith. juosmuõ `loin-, life-girdle' (IE i̯eh₃s-mṓ[n]), ζώνη ( *i̯eh₃s-nā) and Russ.-Csl. po-jasnь `id.' (i̯ōs-ni-); cf. further Skt. rā́snā `girdle' for *yā́snā after raśanā́ `knot, gird' (Wackernagel KZ 46, 272 = Kl. Schr. 1, 290)?; cf. the Kafir forms in Morgenstierne NTS 15, 253 and 280; further Mayrhofer KZ 75. - Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. júosti.

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