small figure, painted, carved, statuette
Dim. of ζῷον II, small figure, painted or carved, Hdt. 1.70, IG 1(2).374.288, 11(2).161 B 74 (Delos, iii B.C.), Plu. QConv. 2.673f; statuette, OGI 717.6 (Egypt, iii A.D.); of large figures, ζ. πηχῶν ἑκκαίδεκα D.S. 1.47.
II sign of the Zodiac
Astron., sign of the Zodiac, διὰ μέσων τῶν ζ. Arist. Metaph. 1073b20; ὁ κύκλος ὁ τῶν ζ. Id. Mete. 343a24, cf. Plb. 9.15.7, Zeno Stoic. 1.34, Hipparch. 2.1.3, al., Gem. 1.3, Autol. 1.10, etc.:— also ζωΐδιον, τό, Arat. 544, Man. 1.309, al.