zoster
See also: zòster
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin, from Ancient Greek ζωστήρ (zōstḗr).
Noun
editzoster (countable and uncountable, plural zosters)
- (countable) An ancient Greek waist-belt for men.
- (uncountable, pathology) The disease called herpes zoster (from the typically beltlike pattern of its rash); shingles.
Derived terms
editSee also
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ζωστήρ (zōstḗr, “girdle”), from ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”).
Noun
editzōstēr m (genitive zōstēris); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | zōstēr | zōstērēs |
Genitive | zōstēris | zōstērum |
Dative | zōstērī | zōstēribus |
Accusative | zōstērem | zōstērēs |
Ablative | zōstēre | zōstēribus |
Vocative | zōstēr | zōstērēs |
References
edit- “zoster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Middle English
editNoun
editzoster
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