Ostorius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /osˈtoː.ri.us/, [ɔs̠ˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /osˈto.ri.us/, [osˈt̪ɔːrius]

Proper noun

Ostōrius m sg (genitive Ostōriī or Ostōrī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Publius Ostorius Scapula, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ostōrius
genitive	Ostōriī Ostōrī1
dative	Ostōriō
accusative	Ostōrium
ablative	Ostōriō
vocative	Ostōrī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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