Lewis & Short

† 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.