zoster
See also: zòster
English
Etymology
From Latin, from Ancient Greek ζωστήρ (zōstḗr).
Noun
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.
Derived terms
See also
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζωστήρ (zōstḗr, “girdle”), from ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”).
Declension
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
- “zoster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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