ZEN 
ZIZ 
ZOP 
Y. 
negins no Latin word. Greek words! 
beginning with T, being always as-1 
pirated, when adopted into the Latin,] 
have H prefixed. Such words are! 
therefore to be found under the let 
ter H. 
z. 
y said to be the same as Triens, the third 
e - A l part of anus. Hence, ZZ, A. e. two 
trientes. Cic. 
ZXBOLOS, or ZXB5L0S, i, m. same as 
3 Diabolus. Lactant. 
ZXCyNTHOS, or -OS (ZukvvOoc), i, f. an 
island near the Peloponnesus, now Zante. 
Virg. — Hence, Zacynthlus, a, um, adj. 
of or pertaining to Zacynthos, Zacynthi- 
an. JVepos. 
ZALEUCOS, i, m. a lawgiver of the Lo- 
crians in Italy. Cic. 
ZAM A, as, f. a town of Jfumidia, where 
Scipio defeated Hannibal. Liv. — Hence, 
Zamensis, e, adj. of or belonging to 
Zama. Plin. Zamense oppidum, li. e. 
Zama. Auct. B. Afr. Zamenses, the 
Zamians. 
ZaMIX (fripia), as, f. loss, detriment, dam- 
3 age. Plaut. - If Also, the fruit of 
the pine-tree, which when it ripens 
cleaves asunder. Plin. 16, 44. Ed. Eli. 
(but Ed. Hard, has aianiw). 
ZXMoLXIS, is, m. a Thracian philosopher. 
Apul. 
ZaNCHX, or ZaNGX, te, f. a kind of del- 
3 icate Parthian shoe, made of Parthian 
leather . Cod. Theoil. 
ZaNCLe, es, f. a name of the town Mes- 
sana in Sicily, now Messina. Ovid. — 
Hence, ZaneliBus, and Zanclelus, a, 
uin, adj. of or belonging to Zancle, or 
Messana, Zanclean, Messanian. Ovid. 
Zancl.-ea arena (A. e. litus), h. e. of Mes¬ 
sana, or Sicily. Sil. mcenia, A. e. Mes- 
same. 
ZANTHENES, is, m. See Xantliencs. 
ZXPLuTOS (£ drrXovros), a, um, adj. very 
3 rich. Petron. 
Z£X (tjea, or Ijcih), a:, f. a kind of grain, 
spell (Triticum spelta, L.). Plin. - 
_1F Also, a species of rosemary. Apul. 
ZeLIVIRX (zelus & vir), <e, f. jealous, a 
3 jealous woman. Tertull. 
ZeLS (£r/X4co, Jp 7 X<3), as, avi, atuin, a. 
3 and n. 1. to be jealous or zealous, in re¬ 
gard to a person, and so, to love ardently. 
Tertull. populum. Augustin. Zelans 
puer. 
ZeLOTeS (5nX&>rr/{), te, m. one that is 
3 jealous of any thing, a title given to the 
Deity in Scripture, as not suffering any 
other to be loved or honored above him¬ 
self; as, in Vulgat. Exod. 20, 5 (as our 
version has it, I the Lord thy Ood am a 
jealous^ God). Also, found in Tertull. 
ZeLOTyPX, at, f. See Zelutypus. 
ZtMTfPrX (^r/Xorvuia), ae, f. jealousy. 
ZeLOTyPOS (^pXbrvnos), a, uin, adj. 
2 jealous, a jealous man, a jealous woman, 
& c. Juvenal. Zelotypa moecha. Pe¬ 
tron. Noli zelotypa esse. Quintil. Qua; 
zelotypum accusat. 
ZeLOS (i (rjXos), i, m. zeal, emulation, 
2 .jealousy, h. e. when a man will not let 
himself be outdone. It is either good 
or bad. Prudent, and Vitruv. 
Z£iMX (fipa, from gew, to boil), a;, f. a 
3 cooking utensil in which flesh is boiled, 
•dpic. Mittitur in zemam, elixatur in 
aqua marina, &c. Valerian, ap. Treb. 
Poll. Caucos, et scyphos, et zemas pon- 
do undeciin (but here most Edd. have 
zuma, neut. plur. in the same sense. 
Zj/mre is also read). 
or ZeNON ( '/.yuan /), onis, m. the 
name of several persons. Zeno Citti- 
cus (h. e. of Ciltium in Cyprus), the 
sunder of the sect of the Stoics. Cic. - 
H Also, Zeno Elcates (h. e. of Elea). 
Cic. - IF Also, an Epicurean. Cic. 
2 -11 Also, a Grecian emperor. 
ZeNONIaNOS (Zeno), a, um, adj. of or 
pertaining to Zeno. Justin. Zenoniana 
lex_, A. e. a Zenone Imp. lata. 
ZeNoNICOS (Zeno), a, um, adj. of or 
belonging to, or named from Zeno Au¬ 
gustin. Zenonici, disciples or followers 
of Zeno. 
ZEPHyRITIS, Idis, f. a name given to 
3 Chloris or Flora (so called as being the 
wife of Zephyrus, or perhaps so called 
frorn Zephyrium). 
ZEPIlyRIOS (Zejivpiog), a, um, adj. of or 
2 belonging to the west wind. Plin. Ova 
Zephyrla, diet Z eij>vpia, same as hype- 
nemiu, weyvepia, addle eggs, wind-eiras. 
ZEPHyROS (Z ctfrvpos), i, m. the west wind, 
2 same as Favonius. Ovid, and Plin. _ 
This wind at Rome was soft and 
warm; hence it brings spring, dis¬ 
solves the snow, &c. Horat. and Vir a. 
— It is sometimes used for any wind. 
Virg. Zepliyros audis spirare secundos. 
ZeRNX, re, f. impetigo. Macer. 3 
ZEROS, i, m. a precious stone, perhaps an 
impure crystal. Plin. 
ZeRyNTHOS, i, f. or ZeRyNTHUM, i, 
n. a town of Samolhrace. — Hence, Ze- 
rynthlus, a, um, adj. Zerynthian. Ovid. 
and Liv. 
ZeTX, a;, f. for Diaeta. Lamprid. 
ZeTX (tjrjra), n. indec. the Greek letter 
3 zeta, or zita. Auson. 
ZeTaRIOS (zeta), ii, m. a valct-de-cham- 
3 bre, same as Diwtarius. Paul. Scntent. 
ZeTeS_, or ZeTHeS (Zrj rr/s, Zr/Sris), ®, 
or ZeTHOS, i, m. brother of Calais, and 
son of Boreas. Ovid. 
ZeTHOS (Z rj$os), i, m. a son of Jupiter 
by Antiopa, and brother of Amphion. Cic. 
arid Horat. 
ZEUGITaNA regio, apart of Africa Pro¬ 
pria. 
ZEUGITeS (gevylrys), te, m. sc. cala¬ 
mus, a kind of cane or reed, perhaps so 
called, because good for catching birds 
with. Plin. 
ZEUGMX (ftvypa), g.tis, n. a binding or 
connecting; hence, a figure of speech 
called zeugma, whereby two or more sen¬ 
tences are connected by a single verb, or, in 
other words, by which one verb is placed in 
the beginning, in the middle, or at the end 
of a period, and belongs to other members 
of the same period without any change of 
their gender, number or other accident. 
- U Also, a bridge; hence, a city of 
Syria, where there was a bridge over the 
Euphrates. Plin. . 
ZEUS (Zeis), i, m. a sea-fish, otherwise 
2 called faber ; a dory, john-dory. Plin. 
ZEUXIS (ZtSJif), is and Idis (Idos), m. 
the name of several Greeks; the most 
celebrated was Zeuxis, a painter of Ilcra- 
clea. Cic. 
ZIMPIBERI, or ZINGIBERI (Ijtyytfcpis, 
or tjiyyl(3cpi), n. indecl. ginger (Amo- 
mum zingiber, L.). Plin. — Also, Zin- 
ziber, or zinziberis, is. Cels. Croci, zin- 
ziheris (gen.), cinnamomi. 
ZINZILOLS, as, n. 1. a barbarous word, 
3 expressive of the cry made by certain 
birds, as if to chirp. Auct. carm. de 
Philom. 
ZIRBOS, i, m. same as Omentum. 3 Apic. 
ZIZXNIUM (gi^dvtov), ii, n. plur. Ziza- 
3 nia, corn-weeds, tares, darnel, cockle- 
weed Hieron. and Vulg. 
995 
ZIZIPHUM, or ZIZyPHUM (gigvQov), 
i, n. the fruit of the jujub or jujube-tree. 
Plin. Peregrina sunt zizvpha. 
ZiZIPHOS, or ZIZyPHOS"(<?i'£d 0 oiO, f. 
the jujub or jujube-tree (Rhamnus juju- 
ba, L.). Colum. 
ZMARAGDUS. See Smaragdus. 
ZMILXCeS (gpiXasys), m. a precious 
stone. Plin. 37, 70 (where Ed. Hard. 
reads zmilampis). 
ZMYRNA. See Smyrna. 
ZoDIaCTeOS (zodiacus), a, um, adj. 
3 pertaining to the zodiac, zodiacal. Mar¬ 
tian. Capell. 
ZoDIXCOS (gWiaxoj), a, um, adj. of or 
3 containing animals. Hence, Circulus 
zodiacus (IjcoScaKes kvkXos), the zodiac. 
Gell. Circulus, qui zodiacus dicitur 
(where it may be a subst.). Also, Sidon. 
Zodiacum diastema. 
ZoDIUM (Ijcobiov, dimin. of tj&ov), ii, n. 
properly a little animal; hence, used of 
a sign of the zodiac. Censorin. 
Zoe (^coi)), es, f. life; hence, one of the 
3 JEons. Tertull. 
ZOILOS (ZcbiXos), i, m. a sophist of Am- 
phipolis, in the time of Ptolemy, who was 
a bitter critic of Homer. Hence, figur. 
a bitter ccnsurer. Ovid. 
ZoMOTeGXNITe (goporpyavirri, from 
3 g’updf, jus, & rfiyavov, sartago), f. 
adj. Apic. e led. Hummelb. Patina pis- 
cium zomoteganite, a dish of fish boiled 
in their own liquor. 
ZoNX (gcbi/q), re, f. a girdle, belt, zone. 
Ovid. Dat teretem zonam, qua modo 
cincta fuit. — In these the ancients 
used to carry their money. Liv. Ar¬ 
gentum in zonis habentur. Hence, 
Horat. Ibit eo, quo vis, qui zonam per- 
d id it, A. e. who has no money, who has 
lost his purse. — Girdles were worn by 
all unmarried women of decency. Ovid. 
Met. 5, 470. The girdle was loosed in 
concubitu, usually by the husband. Ovid. 
Zona recincta. Catull. Solvere zonam. 
But sometimes married women contin¬ 
ued to wear a girdle; and also, im¬ 
modest women. Ovid. — Also, figur. a 
line forming a ring or belt round a pre¬ 
cious stone. Plin. -IT Also, the belt 
of Orion. Ovid. Fast. 6,787_IT Al¬ 
so, Zonte, certain circles or belts which 
divide the heavens and earth into five 
parts; the zones. The ancients thought 
that the frigid zones were uninhabited 
on account of the cold, and the torrid 
zone on account of the heat. Virv 
Ovid., Plin., &c. - IF Also, Zona, 
a cutaneous inflammation extending, lilce 
a girdle, round the middle of the body, 
and causing death, also called zoster; 
sort of herpes, the shingles. Scribon. 
Larg. 
ZoNaLIS (zona), e, adj. of or pertaining 
3 to a zone (of the heavens). Macrob. ~ 
ZoNaRIPS (Id.), a, um, adj. of or belong¬ 
ing to girdles or purses. Plaut. Sector 
zonarius, a cutpurse. — Hence, Zona- 
rius (absol.) ii, m. a maker of girdles ; 
also, perhaps, purse-maker. Cic. 
ZoNaTIM (Id.), adv. in a circle, round 
3 about. Lucil. ap. JVon. 
ZoNOLX (dimin. of zona), a?, f. a little 
3 girdle, (www. Catull. 
ZoPHORdS (for zoophorus, tjooo<f>6poc, 
Ijcntfidpos), b m. in architecture, the 
frieze or frize, the part of a column be¬ 
tween the architrave (epistylium) and the 
cornice (coronis); so called because it 
