ζωστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ζωστήρ • (zōstḗrm (genitive ζωστῆρος); third declension

  1. warrior’s belt
  2. girdle

Declension

Descendants

  • Greek: ζωστήρας (zostíras, belt)
  • taxonomic name: Zostera, Zosterops
  • Latin: zōstēr

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.