ζείδωρος

A. zea-giving (Plin. HN 18.82, EM 410.6), as epith. of the earth, ζείδωρος ἄρουρα Il. 2.548, Od. 3.3, Hes. Op. 173; ζ. ἀρδμός Nonn. D. 26.185: c. gen., ζ. ὀπώρης ἀχράς AP 9.4 (Cyllen.): also in late Prose, Hld. 9.22 (ζἑv)έ‐δωρος, cf. ζέα).

II. some authors derived it from ζάω,= βιόδωρος (so expld. by Hsch.), life-giving, Ἀφροδίτη Emp. 151; Ἠέλιος Nonn. D. 12.23, cf. 22.276. ζείζιν, mamma, Gloss.