ZOR 
ZUR 
ZYT 
was often adorned with animals. VI- 
Iruv. 
ZOOPHTHAUMiJS (£onty0aX/jos) } i, m. 
great houseleek, otherwise called ahoum, 
or sempervivuin majus. Plin. 
ZoPISSX (^clmcraa), re, f. pitch scraped 
2 off of ships and mixed with wax. Plin. 
ZOPyRON (gbbnvpov), i, n. a name of the 
herb clinopodion. Plin. 
ZOPyROS {Zconvpos), i, in. a name of sev¬ 
eral persons; among others, of a certain 
physiognomist. Cic. 
ZOROaSTRkS ( Zwpoaorprti ), te and is, 
m. o lawgiver, some seventy years before 
Cyrus, in the Meda-Bactrian empire. Cer¬ 
tain religious writings yet extant under the 
name of Zend Aoesta are ascribed to him. 
Justin.— Hence, Zoroastreus, or Zoroas- 
trreus, a, um, adj. Zoroastrean. Prudent. 
Zoroastrei susurri, h. e. magica carmina 
(for he is said to have been skilled in 
magic). 
ZORONISIUS, ii, m. a precious stone un- 
3 known to us. Plin. 37, 70 (but Hard. 
reads from MSS., Zoranisceos). 
ZOSTeR (^coorijp), eris, m. a girdle or 
belt. -if Hence, a sort of St. Anthony’s 
fire or herpes, on the middle of the body, 
which is fatal when it spreads quite round 
the body, the shingles; called also zona. 
Plin. -IT Also, a promontory of Atti¬ 
ca, with a town and port. Cic. -IT Al¬ 
so, a kind of sea-shrub. Plin . 
ZCTHeCX (S-Zj/oj; the other component 
2 part is uncertain), re, f. a small, private, 
separate part of a chamber, a sort of re¬ 
cces, closet, alcove, cabinet, &c. Plin. Ep. 
ZOTHeCOLA, re, f. dimin. of zotheca. 
2 Plin. Ep. 
ZUMX, orum, n. vessels for cooldng, as 
3 pots, &c. Trebell. Poll. - IT See 
Zema. 
ZUR A, re, f. the seed of the Christ-thom 
(Paliurus) in the African tongue. Plin. 
996 
ZyGIX, re, f. See Zygius. 
ZYGTS l^vris), idis, f. wild thyme, field- 
3 pennyroyal. A pul. 
ZyGIOS ($vyios), a, um, adj. of or belong¬ 
ing to a yoke. Hence, Zygia, re, f. sc. 
arbor, the horn-beam, called also, carpi- 
nus (Carpinus Betulus, L.), because its 
wood is fit for yokes. Plin. -IT Also, 
of or belonging to marriage, nuptial. 
Apul. Zygia tibia. — Hence, Zygia 
(dea), a title of Juno, as goddess of mar¬ 
riage. Apul. 
ZyGOSTXSTUM (zygostates), ii, n. the 
3 office of a zygostates. Cod. Just. 
ZyGOSTXTeS (ivyoararris), re, m. mas 
3 ter of weights. Cod. Just. 
ZYMA, Xtis, n. See Zema. 
ZyTHUM (CWos), i, n. a drink made from 
grain, as from wheat, barley ; also from 
bread (according to Pandect.); beer or 
ale. Plin. and Pandect. 
ZZ. See Z. 
