ζωστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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
tōî zōstêrĭ 		τοῖν ζωστήροιν
toîn zōstḗroin 		τοῖς ζωστῆρσῐ / ζωστῆρσῐν
toîs zōstêrsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ζωστῆρᾰ
tòn zōstêră 		τὼ ζωστῆρε
tṑ zōstêre 		τοὺς ζωστῆρᾰς
toùs zōstêrăs
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.

Descendants

  • Greek: ζωστήρας (zostíras, “belt”)
  • ⇒ taxonomic name: Zostera, Zosterops
  • → Latin: zōstēr

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