Zoroastres

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζωροᾰ́στρης (Zōroástrēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /zoː.roˈas.treːs/, [d̪͡z̪oːroˈäs̠t̪reːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡zo.roˈas.tres/, [d̪͡z̪oroˈäst̪res]

Proper noun

Zōroastrēs m sg (genitive Zōroastris); third declension

1. (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