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διάζωμα

diazoma · τό

that which is put round as a girdle

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διάζωμα · diazōma — LSJ

that which is put round as a girdle

that which is put round as a girdle: hence,

1 a girdle, drawers

a girdle, drawers, δ. ἔχειν περὶ τὰ αἰδοῖα Th. 1.6.

b bandage

bandage, Hp. Fist. 9.

2 pelvis, partition

φρενῶν δ., = διάφραγμα II, Arist. PA 672b10; τὸ δ. τὸ τοῦ θώρακος Id. HA 497a23: of the pelvis, ib. 493a22; partition, Id. PA 681a3.

3 cornice, frieze

cornice or frieze in Architecture, Thphr. Lap. 7.

4 gangway

gangway, giving access to the seats in a theatre, CIG (add.) 2755 (Aphrodisias), Vitr. 5.6.7.

5 vein, layer, marking

vein, layer, marking, in stone, Dsc. 5.126.

6 isthmus

isthmus, Plu. Phoc. 13.

7 layer, stratum, vein

layer, stratum of atmosphere, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.69; vein, of copper ore, Dsc. 5.74 (pl.).

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