ostreum

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Latin

Alternative forms

ostrea

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tre.um/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tre.um/,

Noun

ostreum n (genitive ostreī); second declension

Alternative form of ostrea; oyster.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	ostreum	ostrea
genitive	ostreī	ostreōrum
dative	ostreō	ostreīs
accusative	ostreum	ostrea
ablative	ostreō	ostreīs
vocative	ostreum	ostrea

References

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

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