zodiacus
zōdĭăcus, i, m., = ζωδιακός, the zodiac (pure Lat. orbis signifer), Cic. Arat. 317; Gell. 13, 9, 6.
Hence, zōdĭăcus, a, um, adj., of the zodiac: zodiacum diastema, Sid. Ep. 8, 11: zodiacus tractus, Mart. Cap. 1, § 44: zodiaca hospitia, id. ib. 1, § 5.
Zoe
Zōē, ēs, f., = ζωή (life), one of the Æons of Valentinus, Tert. adv. Valent. 12.
Zoilus
Zōĭlus, i, m., = Ζώιλος, a severe critic in the time of Ptolemaeus Philadelphus, a censurer of Homer (hence called Ὁμηρομάστιξ, Homeromastix), Vitr. 7 praef.
Transf., of a censorious person, Ov. R. Am. 366; Mart. 11, 37, 1.
zomoteganite
zōmŏtēgănītē, ēs, f. ζωμός‐τήγανον, a dish of fish stewed in their own liquor, Apic. 4, 2, § 147 dub.
zona
zōna (sōna, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 85 Ritschl), ae, f., = ζώνη, a belt, girdle, zone, worn about the loins by women (cf. cingulum). Lit., Cat. 2, 13; Ov. F. 2, 320; id. H. 2, 116; id. M. 5, 470; 10, 379; id. R. Am. 602; id. Am. 1, 7, 48 al. Transf. A girdle worn by men for containing money, a money-belt (cf. crumena), C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12 fin.; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 40. The girdle or belt of Orion, a constellation, Ov. F. 6, 787. A line running around the edge of a gem, a girdle, Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 90. One of the imaginary circles which divided the earth into five climates, a zone, Verg. G. 1, 233; Ov. M. 1, 46; 2, 131; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 172; Mel. 1, 1, 2; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 13; 2, 5, 20; Mart. Cap. 6, § 602. A kind of herpes or erysipelas, which spreads about the body like a girdle, and destroys life, the shingles; called also zoster, Scrib. Comp. 63.
zonalis
zōnālis, e, adj. zona, II. D., of or belonging to a zone (of the earth): ambitus, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 5 med.
zonarius
zōnārĭus (sōnārĭus), a, um, adj. zona, of or belonging to a belt or girdle. Adj.: sector, a cutpurse, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 20. Subst.: zōnārĭus, ii, m., a maker of girdles, Cic. Fl. 7, 17; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 2, 379 (Sat. Fr. 30, 16).
zonatim
zōnātim, adv. zona, round about, in a circle, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 189, 33.
Zone
Zōnē, ēs, f., a promontory of Thrace, opposite to Thasos, Mel. 2, 2; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43.
zonula
zōnŭla, ae, f. dim. zona, a little girdle, Cat. 61, 53; Seren. ap. Non. p. 539, 19; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 52.
zoophorus
zōophŏrus, i, m., = ζωοφόρος. the frieze of a column (between the epistylium and the coronis), Vitr. 3, 5, 10; 4, 1, 2.
zoophthalmos
zōophthalmos, i, m., = ζωόφθαλμος, great houseleek, called also aizoum majus, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 160.
zopissa
zōpissa, ae, f., = ζώπισσα, pitch mixed with wax, which was scraped off from ships, Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 56; 24, 7, 26, § 41.
zopyron
zōpyron, i, n., = ζωπυρόν, a plant, called also clinopodion, Plin. 24, 15, 87, § 137.
Zopyrus
Zōpyrus, i, m., = Ζώπυρος. A celebrated physiognomist, Cic. Fat. 5, 10; id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80. A Persian noble, who mutilated himself and thereby helped to conquer Babylon, Just. 1, 10, 15. A rhetorician, Quint. 3, 6, 3.
Hence, perh., Zōpyrion, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 210, 28. Zōpyriātim, adv., in the manner of Zopyrus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 455, 17.
zoranisceos
zoranisceos, i, m., a precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 10, 70, § 185.
Zoroastres
Zōrŏastres, is, m., Zoroaster, a lawgiver of the Medes, Just. 1, 1, 9; Plin. 30, 1, 2, § 3; App. Mag. p. 291.
Hence, Zōrŏ-astrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Zoroaster, Zoroastrian: susurri, i. e. magical, Prud. Apoth. 494 (where Zŏr-, by solecism).
zoster
zoster, ēris, m., = ζωστήρ (a girdle). A kind of herpes, the shingles (cf. zona, II. E.), Plin. 26, 11, 74, § 121. A kind of sca shrub (called also prason), Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 135.
Zoster
Zoster, ēris, m., a promontory, town, and harbor of Attica; the promontory is now called C. Lombarda, Cic. Att. 5, 12 init.
zotheca
zōthēca, ae, f., = ζωθήκη. A little private chamber, closet, or cabinet, for reposing in by day (cf. conclave), Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 21; cf. zothecula. A recess, niche, for religious purposes, Inscr. Orell. 1368; 2006; 3889.
zothecula
zōthēcŭla, ae, f. dim. zotheca, I., a little closet or cabinet, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 38; Sid. Ep. 8, 16; 9, 11.