ostrea

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Latin

ostrea (an oyster)

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

Pronunciation

Noun

ostrea f (genitive ostreae); first declension

  1. oyster, mussel

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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