ζῶμα

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, woman's 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.