zona
.
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.
[MED Spec.Chr.(1) (181,17-19)]
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]
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
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