Zoroastres
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζωροᾰ́στρης (Zōroástrēs).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /zoː.roˈas.treːs/, [d̪͡z̪oːroˈäs̠t̪reːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡zo.roˈas.tres/, [d̪͡z̪oroˈäst̪res]
Proper noun edit
Zōroastrēs m sg (genitive Zōroastris); third declension
- (Zoroastrianism) Zarathustra; Zoroaster (founder of Zoroastrianism)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Zōroastrēs |
| Genitive | Zōroastris |
| Dative | Zōroastrī |
| Accusative | Zōroastrem Zōroastrēn |
| Ablative | Zōroastre |
| Vocative | Zōroastrēs |
References edit
- “Zōrŏastres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Zōroăstrēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,702.
- Zōroastrēs in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung