ostes

See also: ôtés, ôtes, and östes

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ostəs/

Noun

ostes f (plural ostesow)

1. hostess

Danish

Noun

ostes c

1. indefinite genitive plural of ost

Estonian

Verb

ostes

1. des-form of ostma

Noun

ostes

1. inessive plural of ost

   Synonym: ostudes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄστης (óstēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈos.teːs/, [ˈɔs̠t̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tes/, [ˈɔst̪es]

Noun

ostēs m (genitive ostae); first declension

1. A kind of earthquake

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	ostēs	ostae
genitive	ostae	ostārum
dative	ostae	ostīs
accusative	ostēn	ostās
ablative	ostē	ostīs
vocative	ostē	ostae

References

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