ostrea

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Latin

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ostrea (an oyster)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ostrea f (genitive ostreae); first declension

  1. oyster, mussel

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ostrea ostreae
Genitive ostreae ostreārum
Dative ostreae ostreīs
Accusative ostream ostreās
Ablative ostreā ostreīs
Vocative ostrea ostreae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Esperanto: ostro
  • Old French: oistre
  • Italian: ostrica
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: ostra
  • Sicilian: òstraca
  • Translingual: Ostrea
  • Proto-West Germanic: *ōstrijā (see there for further descendants)

See also

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References

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  • 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.