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zemia

zemia [ζημία], zamia [CL < ζαμία], penalty; b (in gl., conf. w. simia). zemma parata manet †nigidis cumulata tenebris, / quo redeunt miseri zemma parata manet (Hymnus) Mir. Nin. p. 962.  b hec zamia ‥ i. genus monstri pilosi, et dicitur quandoque pro fraude et pro qualibet deceptione ‥ ‘ubi manum inicit benigne, onerat ibi aliquam zamiam’ [Plaut. Aul. 197] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 631.

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