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

  1. I. A kind of herpes, the shingles (cf. zona, II. E.), Plin. 26, 11, 74, § 121.
  2. II. A kind of sca shrub (called also prason), Plin. 13, 25, 48, § 135.

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