The corpus record
zea · ἡ
the roof of a horseʼs mouth
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= ζειά, D.H. 2.25, Dsc. 2.89 (v.l. ζειά): nom. sg. ζέη PPetr. 2p.69 (iii B.C.).
= λιβανωτὶς κάρπιμος, Dsc. 3.74.
the roof of a horseʼs mouth, Hippiatr. 1, 8. (With ζέα I, cf. Skt. yávas (masc.), Lith. javaĩ (masc. pl.) ‘corn’.)
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.