. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. th box. h. 17. 17. Id. v. 6. 19. 72. Phsedr. ii. 5. ZANCHA or ZANGA. A highand close boot, made of soft blackleather (Schol. Acron. ad Hor. 6. 27.), worn by the Oriental racesunder their trowsers (bracce). ap. Treb. Claud. 17. et Honor. Cod. Theodos. 2. Z
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. th box. h. 17. 17. Id. v. 6. 19. 72. Phsedr. ii. 5. ZANCHA or ZANGA. A highand close boot, made of soft blackleather (Schol. Acron. ad Hor. 6. 27.), worn by the Oriental racesunder their trowsers (bracce). ap. Treb. Claud. 17. et Honor. Cod. Theodos. 2. ZEMA (C^a)- A saucepan forboiling. Apic. viii. 1. ZODIACUS sc. circulus {QalianoskvkXos). The zodiac. Aul. Gell. 3. See Circulus, 4. ZONA (C6vrj). The zone; a flatand broadish girdle worn by youngunmarried women round their hips(Horn. Od. v. 231. Ov. Fast ii. 321.);whereas the common girdle (cingulum)was placed immediately under thebosom, as exemplified by the wood-cuts, which show the two objectsin juxta-position. The left-hand oneexhibits a zone by itself, from a fictilevase, and its place upon the person,from a group representing Electraand Orestes; the right-hand figure, from a marble statue, wears a cin-gulum under the breast. The zonewas not laid aside until after the. wedding, when the bridegroom hadunfastened it with his own hands;whence the expression zonam solvere(Catull. ii. 13. Compare Ov. Her. ) means to enter the marriedstate. 2, A broad belt worn by men roundtheir loins (Horn. 11. xi. 234. v. 2. 84.), and made double or -hollow like our shot-belts, for thepurpose of carrying money depositedin it about the person (C. Gell. xv. 12. Suet. Vit. 16.);whence the expression zonam perdere(Hor. Ep. ii. 2. 40.) means to looseones money. 3. The Greek writers also use theterm for a soldiers belt, worn roundthe loins, to cover the juncture of thecuirass and the kilt of leather straps
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