Ζωστήρ

Entry #34
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 298.10 | Billerbeck: Ζ34
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-10
Word count: 37
Entities: Ζώστηρ (Zoster) [place], Ἀττική (Attica) [place], Λητώ (Leto) [deity], Ἁλαεῖς (Halaeans) [people], Ἄρτεμις (Artemis) [deity], Ἀπόλλων (Apollo) [deity], Ζωστήριος (Zosterios (epithet)) [other], Ζωστήριος (Zosterios (resident/demonym)) [person], Ζωστηρία (Zosteria (epithet)) [other], Ἀθηνᾶ (Athena) [deity], Λοκροί (Locrians) [people], Ἐπικνημῖοι (Epiknemidii) [people]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: ‘where they say that Leto loosened her belt and, having taken it off, bathed in the lake.’ (i.e. the place is explained from Leto’s belt episode); Morphological Composition: ‘Zoster; here the Halae sacrifice to Leto and Artemis and to Apollo Zosterios. Also Athena is honoured as Zosteria.’ (the names/epithets Zosterios, Zosteria formed from ζώνη/ζωστήρ ‘belt’); Unclear Metalinguistic: ‘the local inhabitant Zosterios.’ (a local named Zosterios — relationship of personal name and place-name is stated but origin is not made explicit)
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