διαζώννυμι

A. διέζωμαι IG 2.736, ib.11(2).161.35 (Delos, iii B.C.):— gird round, encircle, embrace, Gal. 14.715: metaph., τὸν ὅλον ἄνθρωπον διέζωσεν [ἡ ψυχή] Diog.Oen. 39:—Med., undergird one's ship, App. BC 5.91; but usu. gird oneself with, διαζωσάμενοι τὸ τριβώνιον Luc. Hist.Conscr. 3:—Pass., διαζώννυσθαι ἐσθῆτα, ἀκινάκην, Id. Somn. 6, Anach. 6: abs., διεζωσμένοι wearing the διάζωμα 1, Th. 1.6 codd. (‐ζωμένοι Phot., Suid.): metaph., ἀρχὴν διεζωσμένος invested with office, J. AJ 14.9.3.

II. metaph., engirdle, encompass, of fire, Plu. Brut. 31; τὸν αὐχένα (i.e. the Chersonese) δ. ἐρύμασι Id. Per. 19; νήσους Id. Them. 12:—Pass., [ἡ Ἀττικὴ] μέση διέζωσται ὄρεσιν X. Mem. 3.5.25; ῥάχει διεζῶσθαι Plb. 5.69.1; also pass like a girdle, διὰ τῶν τροπικῶν Arist. Mu. 392a12.