zoster
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See also: zòster
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin, from Ancient Greek ζωστήρ (zōstḗr).
Noun[edit]
zoster (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.
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ζωστήρ (zōstḗr, “girdle”), from ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”).
Noun[edit]
zōstēr m (genitive zōstēris); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-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[edit]
Noun[edit]
zoster
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