A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Zoster,-eris (s.m.III), abl.sg. zostere = Gk. zOstEr;

1. “a kind of marine plant = Prason” (Glare).

NOTE: prason,-i (s.n.II), Gk. prason ‘leek’; “a growth, of a leek-green color, found on seaweed” (Glare).

- [prason] “(quod Graeci vocant phycos) folio lato, colore viridi gignit quod quidam prason vocant, alii zostera (Pliny, in Glare), (which the Greeks call ‘phycos’) it grows with a wide leaf, a green color which some call ‘prason,’ others zoster.

2. “a disease, probably shingles” (Glare); see herpes (Eng.noun). Shingles (Eng.pl.noun), med. = Herpes zoster, a disease with a characteristic belt- or girdle-like skin rash; derives from Latin cingulum,-i (s.n.II), q.v.; see herpes (Eng.noun).

Zona,-ae (s.f.I), q.v.: (med.): “an encircling band or marking; shingles (Herpes zoster)” (Glare), a disease with a characteristic belt- or girdle-like skin rash, commonly called ‘shingles’ which derives from the Latin ‘cingulum,’ or ‘girdle.’