A dictionary of Greek and Roman . d of the tunic, formed by tucking it up,and called sinus, was used as a pocket to carrywhatever was necessary. As the girdle was worn to hold up the gar-ments for the sake of business or of work requiringdespatch, so it was loosened and the tunic wasallowed to fall down to the feet to indicate theopposite condition, and more especially in preparingto perform a sacrifice (veste recincta, Virg. Aen. ; Ovid, Met. vii. 182), or funeral rites (discincti,Sueton. Aug. 100; incinctae, Tibull. iii. 2. 18). A girdle was worn by young women, even when
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . d of the tunic, formed by tucking it up,and called sinus, was used as a pocket to carrywhatever was necessary. As the girdle was worn to hold up the gar-ments for the sake of business or of work requiringdespatch, so it was loosened and the tunic wasallowed to fall down to the feet to indicate theopposite condition, and more especially in preparingto perform a sacrifice (veste recincta, Virg. Aen. ; Ovid, Met. vii. 182), or funeral rites (discincti,Sueton. Aug. 100; incinctae, Tibull. iii. 2. 18). A girdle was worn by young women, even whentheir tunic was not girt up, and removed on theday of marriage, and therefore called C^VV napde-viK-f). (Jacobs, Anthol. ii. p. 873 ; irapQevov /xlrpriu,Brunck, Anal. iii. 299; Sen. Oed. ii. 3. 17; v. 231 ; Longus, i. 2 ; Ovid. Epist. Her. , ix. 66, Festus, Cingulum ; Catull. ii. 13,Ixiv. 28.) The Flora in the museum at Naples ZOPHORUS. 1225 (see the annexed woodcut) shows the appearanceof the girdle as worn by young A horses girth, used to fasten on the saddle[Epiiifpium], was called by the same names, andwas sometimes made of rich materials, and em-broidered in the most elaborate manner. ( Am, 236; Claud. Epig. 34, 36.) Theseterms, zona and cingulum, were also used to sig-nify the five zones as understood by geographersand astronomers. (Virg. Georg. i. 233; Plin. 68 ; Macrob. Som. Scip. ii.) [J. Y.] ZOPHORUS ((axpopos or Sjafoua), the friezeof an entablature. (See Columna, p. 324, a, andthe woodcuts.) [P. S.] TABLES OF GREEK AND ROMAN MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND MONEY. Table 1. Greek Measures of Length.(1) Smaller Roman Measures of Length. (1) Smaller Measures. III. Greek Measures of Length. (2) Land and Itinerary. IV. Roman Measures of Length. (2) Land and Greek Measures of Roman Measures of Greek Measures of Capacity. (1) Liquid Roman Measures of Capacity. (1) Liquid Me
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