ostrea
See also: Ostrea
Latin
ostrea (an oyster)
Alternative forms
- ostreum (rare)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈos.tre.a/, [ˈɔs̠t̪reä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈos.tre.a/, [ˈɔst̪reä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ostrea | ostreae |
| Genitive | ostreae | ostreārum |
| Dative | ostreae | ostreīs |
| Accusative | ostream | ostreās |
| Ablative | ostreā | ostreīs |
| Vocative | ostrea | ostreae |
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References
- “ostrea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ostrea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ostrea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ostrea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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