ζῶμα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, to gird) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ζῶμᾰ (zôman (genitive ζώμᾰτος); third declension

  1. loincloth, drawers, worn next the body in a boxing contest
  2. (surgery) band used in surgery
  3. woman's girdle

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Further reading

  • ζῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ζῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ζῶμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ζῶμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ζῶμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963