zone Copy link Outline I. A girdleII. A division of the earth1. cingŭlus2. zōna • zone: I. A girdle: cingŭlum, zōna: v. girdle. II. A division of the earth: 1. cingŭlus: the earth surrounded by certain z.s. terra circumdata quibusdam cingulis, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21. 2. zōna: five z.s compass the earth, quinque tenent caelum zonae, Virg. G. 1, 233: the fifth z. is hotter than the others, quinta zona est ardentior illis, Ov. M. 1, 46: the torrid z., z. torrida, Plin. Phr.: the frigid (icy) z., glacialis polus: Ov. M. 2, 173: glacialis regio: Col.