πρότμησις

A. waist or loins, where the body is drawn in, Il. 11.424, Q.S. 6.374; = ὀσφῦς, Poll. 2.179, SIG 1017.7 (Sinope, iii B.C.); but cf. EM 691.18 (πρότμητιν is a variant in Sch.T Il.l.c.,cf.προτμῆτις Hsch., πρότμηστιν Phot.); προτμητόν· τὸν ὀμφαλόν, Hsch.