Zoroastres

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Zōrŏastres, is, m.,

I Zoroaster , a lawgiver of the Medes , Just. 1, 1, 9; Plin. 30, 1, 2, § 3; Ap. Mag. p. 291.

II —Hence, Zōrŏ-astrēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Zoroaster , Zoroastrian : susurri, i. e. magical , Prud. Apoth. 494 (where Zŏr-, by solecism).