Zoroastres
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζωροᾰ́στρης (Zōroắstrēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [zoː.roˈas.treːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪͡z̪o.roˈas.t̪res]
Proper noun
Zōroastrēs m sg (genitive Zōroastris); third declension
- (Zoroastrianism) Zarathustra; Zoroaster (founder of Zoroastrianism)
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Zōroastrēs |
| genitive | Zōroastris |
| dative | Zōroastrī |
| accusative | Zōroastrem Zōroastrēn |
| ablative | Zōroastre |
| vocative | Zōroastrēs |
References
- “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