ostreatus

Latin

Etymology

From ostrea (“oyster”) +‎ -ātus; i.e. "like the shell of an oyster".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /os.treˈaː.tus/, [ɔs̠t̪reˈäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /os.treˈa.tus/, [ost̪reˈäːt̪us]

Adjective

ostreātus (feminine ostreāta, neuter ostreātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare) rough, scabby
   • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 398:

     itaque iam quasi ostreatum tergum ulceribus gestito / propter amorem vestrum.

     • 1912 translation by Henry Thomas Riley. (The Comedies of Plautus. London. G. Bell and Sons. Perseus.)

       MILPHIO: as it is, I've already got my back about as hard with weals as an oyster-shell, by reason of your amours.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ostreātus	ostreāta	ostreātum		ostreātī	ostreātae	ostreāta
genitive	ostreātī	ostreātae	ostreātī		ostreātōrum	ostreātārum	ostreātōrum
dative	ostreātō	ostreātae	ostreātō		ostreātīs
accusative	ostreātum	ostreātam	ostreātum		ostreātōs	ostreātās	ostreāta
ablative	ostreātō	ostreātā	ostreātō		ostreātīs
vocative	ostreāte	ostreāta	ostreātum		ostreātī	ostreātae	ostreāta

Related terms

• ostrea
• ostreārium
• ostreārius
• ostreōsus

References

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