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ὑπόζωμα

upozoma · τό

diaphragm, midriff

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Where it lives

De Respiratione 3 · 4.94/10k
De Somno et Vigilia 1 · 3.36/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

ὑπόζωμα · hypozōma — LSJ

diaphragm, midriff

diaphragm, midriff, Arist. HA 509b17, 514a30, PA 674a9, al.

2 division between thorax and abdomen

in insects, division between thorax and abdomen, Id. HA 535b8, PA 659b16, al.

II ropes, braces used to strengthen the hull of a trireme

in pl., ropes or braces used to strengthen the hull of a trireme (cf. ὑποζώννυμι II), Pl. R. 616c (where a beam of light passing through heaven and earth is compared to τὰ ὑ. τῶν τριήρων), Lg. 945c, IG 2(2).1479.49, 1609.108, 1611.335,410, 1612.319, 1622.287,640, 1627.410, 1668.74, 1673.12,13, etc.; ὑ. ἐλάμβανε δώδεκα (sc. ἡ τεσσαρακοντήρης ναῦς) · ἑξακοσίων δʼ ἦν ἕκαστον πηχῶν Callix. 1; ὁ στόμαχος καθάπερ νεὼς τοῦ σώματος ὑ. ὑπάρχει Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.99; cf. ζώμευμα.

In the wild

ὑποζώματι · hypozōmati Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 86)
ὑπόζωμα · hypozōma Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 89)
ὑποζώματι · hypozōmati Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 93)
ὑπόζωμα · hypozōma Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 42)
ὑποζώματα · hypozōmata Plato, Laws 945
ὑποζώματα · hypozōmata Plato, Republic 10.616 (DIORISIS sentence 6311)

Where it came from

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