ostrea
See also: Ostrea
Latin
Alternative forms
- ostreum (rare)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔs.tre.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔs.t̪re.a]
Noun
ostrea f (genitive ostreae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ostrea | ostreae |
| genitive | ostreae | ostreārum |
| dative | ostreae | ostreīs |
| accusative | ostream | ostreās |
| ablative | ostreā | ostreīs |
| vocative | ostrea | ostreae |
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See also
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.