ostrum

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon, “oyster”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ostrum n (genitive ostrī); second declension

  1. the blood of the sea snail
  2. the color purple

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative ostrum ostra
genitive ostrī ostrōrum
dative ostrō ostrīs
accusative ostrum ostra
ablative ostrō ostrīs
vocative ostrum ostra

Descendants

  • Italian: ostro

References

  • “ostrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ostrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ostrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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