Dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

ZONA. ZOPHORUS. 1225
(see the annexed woodcut) shows the appearance
________________ of the girdle as worn by young women.
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fastened to the girdle; and still more frequently \'
the fold of the tunic, formed by tucking it up,
and called sinus, was used as a pocket to carry
whatever was necessary.
As the girdle was worn to hold up the garments for the sake of business or of work requiring
despatch, so it was loosened and the tunic was
allowed to fall down to the feet to indicate the
opposite condition, and more especially in preparing A horse's girth, used to fasten on the saddle
to perform a sacrifice (veste recincta, Virg. Aen. iv. [EPHIPPIUm], was called by the same names, and
518; Ovid,,let. vii. 182), or funeral rites (discincti, was sometimes made of rich materials, and emSueton. Aug. 100; incinctae, Tibull. iii. 2. 18). broidered in the most elaborate manner. (Ovid.
A girdle was worn by young women, even when Rein. Am. 236; Claud. Epig. 34, 36.) These
their tunic was not girt up, and removed on the terms, zona and cingulum, were also used to sigday of marriage, and therefore called ci&ve rap8e- nify the five zones as understood by geographers
vzKlc. (Jacobs, Anthol. ii. p. 873; -rapE'vov& uLrprT', and astronomers. (Virg. Georg. i. 233; Plin. H..~o
Brunck, An.4al. iii. 299; Sen. Oed. ii. 3. 17; Hon. ii. 68; Macrob, Som. Scip. ii.) [J. Y.]
Od. v. 231; Longus, i. 2; Ovid. Epist. Her. ii. ZO'PHORUS (Cwoo'pos or 8eLtdCia), the frieze
116, ix. 66, Festus, s. v. C0ingulumn; Catull. ii. 13, of an entablature. (See COIvUMNA, p. 324, a, and
lxiv. 28.) The Flora in the museum at Naples the woodcuts.) [P. S.]
TABLES OF GREEK AND ROMAN MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND MONEY.
TABLE
I. Greek Measures of Length. In the construction of these Tables, the same
(1) Smaller Measures. authorities have been used as those referred to in
II. Roman Measures of Length. the articles in the body of the work. Particu(1) Smaller Measures. lar acknowledgment is due of the assistance which
III. Greek Measures of Length. has been derived from the Tables of Hussey and
(2) Land and Itinerary. Wurm. The last two Tables (of Greek and Roman
IV. Roman Measures of Length. money) have been taken without alteration from
(2) Land and Itinerary. Mr. Hussey's, because they were thought incapable
V. Greek Measures of Surface. of improvement, except one addition in the Table
VI. Roman Measures of Surface. of Attic money. All the calculations, however,
VII. Greek Measures of Capacity. have been made de novo, even where the results
(1) Liquid Measures. are the same as in Mr. Hussey's Tables.
VIII. Roman Measures of Capacity. The Tables are so arranged as to exhibit the
(1) Liquid Measures. corresponding Greek and Roman measures in direct
IX. Greek Measures of Capacity. comparison with each other. In some of the Tables
(2) Dry Measures. the values are given, not only in our several meaX. Roman Measures of Capacity. sures, but also in decimals of a primary unit, for
(2) Dry Measures. the purpose of facilitating calculations. In others,
XI. Greek Weights. approximalte values are given, that is, values which
XII. Greek Money. differ from the true ones by some small fraction,
XIII. Roman Weights. and which, from their simplicity, will perhaps be
(1) The As and its Uncial Divisions. found far more useful for ordinary purposes than
XIV. Roman Weights. the precise quantities, while the error, in each case,
(2) Subdivisions of the Uncia. can easily be corrected. Fuller information will
XV. Roman Money. (1) Before Augustus. be found under MENSURA, NuiMmus, PONDERA,
XVI. Romnnn Money. (2) After Augustus. and the specific names. [P. S.