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μίτρα

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Gloss: a mitre

Transliteration: mitra

Strong’s: G8333

1. a belt or girdle , worn round the waist beneath the cuirass (whereas the ζωστήρ went over it), (Iliad by Homer)
2. = ζώνη, the maiden-zone , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus), etc.
3. a girdle worn by wrestlers , [<date>variant dates<author>Anthology Palantina</author></date>
4. a head-band worn by Greek women to tie up their hair, a snood , (Euripides)
5. the victor's chaplet at the games, (Pindar); Λυδία μίτρα a Lydian garland (i. e. an ode in Lydian measure), (Pindar)
6. a Persian head-dress, turban , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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