ζωστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi), Proto-Indo-European *yeh₃s- (“gird”), +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/ → /zosˈtir/ → /zosˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zosˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zosˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zosˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zosˈtir/

Noun

ζωστήρ • (zōstḗr) m (genitive ζωστῆρος); third declension

1. warrior's belt
2. girdle

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ζωστήρ; τοῦ ζωστῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ζώνη (zṓnē)
• ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi)
• ζωστός (zōstós)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: zōstēr
  • English: zoster
• Translingual: Zostera, Zosterops

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^[1], 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.