exostra

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Latin

Noun

exōstra f (genitive exōstrae); first declension

  1. A theatrical machine that turned to reveal the inside of a room

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative exōstra exōstrae
genitive exōstrae exōstrārum
dative exōstrae exōstrīs
accusative exōstram exōstrās
ablative exōstrā exōstrīs
vocative exōstra exōstrae

References

  • “exostra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “exostra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exostra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “exostra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “exostra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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