What does zōstēr mean in Latin?

zōstēr, a noun, means “The shingles; A kind of sea shrub”.

What is the genitive of zōstēr?

The genitive singular is zōstēris. zōstēr is masculine, third declension.

noun · masculinethird declension

zōstēr m (genitive zōstēris)

zoster, ēris, m., = ζωστήρ (a girdle).

I. A kind of herpes, the shingles (cf. zona, II. E.), Plin. 26, 11, 74, § 121.—

II. A kind of sca shrub (called also prason), Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 135.

Zoster, ēris, m.,

I. a promontory, town, and harbor of Attica; the promontory is now called C. Lombarda, Cic. Att. 5, 12 init.

From Ancient Greek ζωστήρ (zōstḗr, “girdle”), from ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”).