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zona

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Searchable Lemmata: zona (L), zonarium (L).
Alternate Forms: sona, tona, zonam, zonas.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Accessory; girdle or belt.(ante 700 - post 1450)
1. Zona Graecum est, quam illi ZONARIN, nos cingulum nuncupamus. Strophium est cingulum aureum cum gemmis. De quo ait Cinna (Catull. 64,65): Strophio lactantes cincta papillas; et Prudentius (PERI STEF 25,4): Nomen hoc gemmae strophio inligata est. [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,33,3)]
2. Gewyrþe him swa scrud þam þe oferwrigen bit & swa gyrdel þa æfre bið gegyrd Fiat ei sicut uestimentum quo operietur et sicut zona qua semper pręcingitur . [DOE PsGlK (Sisam) (1788 (108.19))]
3. Zona, qua [c]ingitur, conscienciam signat, quam Christus presbiteris imposuit, dicens : Sint lumbi uestri precincti, & cetera, Luce 23. Found in a list of sacerdotal vestments, 'Qualiter vestes sacerdotales instruunt sacerdotes'. The passage is translated into Middle English, wherein girdle is used. [MED Spec.Chr.(1) (181,17-19)]
4. cingulum oððe zona oððe cinctorium gyrdel. Gloss. [DOE ÆGl (0878 (314.13))]
5. Zona ł zonarium ł brachile ł redimiculum gyrdel. [DOE AntGl 4 (Kindschi) (083200 (832))]
6. unam zonam bombicinam barratam argento Accounts. [DMLBS CurR (XV 1110)]
7. unam zonam ... cum una oniche in bucula et perlis Accounts. [DMLBS RChart (134b) 1204]
8. zonas cum buculis et membris aureis (cf. ib. 145b) Accounts. [DMLBS Pat (51b) 1205]
9. accipe corium bovis marine et fac zonam; et buccolam ejus fac de balena; et ligamina ejus buccule fac de dente balene Medical. [DMLBS GAD. (95 v. 2) ante 1350]
c.f.: cincture, cingle, girdle, seynt
L; Primarily N/A.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Waist.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical Latin from Greek.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog:
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