ostes

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See also: ôtés, ôtes, and östes

Cornish

Pronunciation

Noun

ostes f (plural ostesow)

  1. hostess

Danish

Noun

ostes c

  1. indefinite genitive plural of ost

Estonian

Verb

ostes

  1. des-form of ostma

Noun

ostes

  1. inessive plural of ost
    Synonym: ostudes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄστης (óstēs).

Pronunciation

Noun

ostēs m (genitive ostae); first declension

  1. A kind of earthquake

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

singular plural
nominative ostēs ostae
genitive ostae ostārum
dative ostae ostīs
accusative ostēn ostās
ablative ostē ostīs
vocative ostē ostae

References

  • ostes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ostes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.