ζωστήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi), Proto-Indo-European *yeh₃s- (“gird”), + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /zosˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /zosˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /zosˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /zosˈtir/
Noun
ζωστήρ • (zōstḗr) m (genitive ζωστῆρος); third declension
- warrior's belt
- girdle
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ζωστήρ; τοῦ ζωστῆρος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ζωστήρ ho zōstḗr | τὼ ζωστῆρε tṑ zōstêre | οἱ ζωστῆρες hoi zōstêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ζωστῆρος toû zōstêros | τοῖν ζωστήροιν toîn zōstḗroin | τῶν ζωστήρων tôn zōstḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ζωστῆρῐ tôi zōstêri | τοῖν ζωστήροιν toîn zōstḗroin | τοῖς ζωστῆρσῐ / ζωστῆρσῐν toîs zōstêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ζωστῆρᾰ tòn zōstêra | τὼ ζωστῆρε tṑ zōstêre | τοὺς ζωστῆρᾰς toùs zōstêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | ζωστήρ zōstḗr | ζωστῆρε zōstêre | ζωστῆρες zōstêres | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ζώνη (zṓnē)
- ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi)
- ζωστός (zōstós)
Descendants
- → Latin: zōstēr
- English: zoster
- Translingual: Zostera
Further reading
- “ζωστήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ζωστήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ζωστήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ζωστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζωστήρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- baldrick idem, page 60.
- band idem, page 60.
- belt idem, page 73.
- cincture idem, page 132.
- girdle idem, page 359.
- zone idem, page 997.