Sense

1. a belt, girdle
2. the lower girdle worn by women above the hips, upper-girdle, under the breasts)
3. girdle, belt, rest oneself, for girdle-money, pin-money)
4. the man's belt
5. the part round which the girdle past, the waist, loin

Examples

• μήτηρ τισ αὐτῷ Θρᾷττα ταινιόπωλισ, τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν ὑφασμάτων λέγει καὶ τῶν ζωνῶν αἷσ αἱ γυναῖκεσ περιδέονται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 128 1:2)
• ὅτι δὲ ταῦτ’ ἴδια τῶν ζωνῶν τούτων, δηλοῦν φησὶ τὸ τοὺσ νοτιωτέρουσ αὐτῶν ἔχειν τὸ περιέχον εὐκρατότερον καὶ τὴν γῆν καρπιμωτέραν καὶ εὐυδροτέραν. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 2 6:8)
• δῆλον γὰρ ὅτι διαιρεῖται κατὰ ταύτην τὴν τομὴν καὶ ἡ διακεκαυμένη, [καὶ] ποιεῖ τινα ἐπιτηδειότητα, ὥστε καὶ τὸ ἡμισφαίριον ἑκάτερον ἐξ ὅλων συντετάχθαι τριῶν ζωνῶν ὁμοιοειδῶν τῶν ἐν θατέρῳ. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 3 4:6)
• δῆλον δ’ ὅτι καὶ τῶν εὐκράτων ζωνῶν ἡ μὲν ἔσται βόρειοσ ἡ δὲ νότιοσ ὁμωνύμωσ τῷ ἡμισφαιρίῳ ἐν ᾧ ἐστι. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 5 6:10)
• ἔστι δέ τισ καὶ ἄλλη διαφορὰ τοῖσ ὑπὸ τῷ τροπικῷ, ἣν προείπομεν ἐν τῷ περὶ τῶν ζωνῶν λόγῳ. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 5 74:3)
• στείχει δι’ εὐρείασ κελεύθου μυρία παντᾷ φάτισ σᾶσ γενεᾶσ λιπαρο‐ ζώνων θυγάτρων, ἃσ θεοὶ σὺν τύχαισ ᾤκισσαν ἀρχα‐ γοὺσ ἀπορθήτων ἀγυιᾶν. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 6:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.