ostreosus

Latin

Etymology

From ostrea (“oyster”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /os.treˈoː.sus/, [ɔs̠t̪reˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /os.treˈo.sus/, [ost̪reˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

ostreōsus (feminine ostreōsa, neuter ostreōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. abounding in oysters

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ostreōsus	ostreōsa	ostreōsum		ostreōsī	ostreōsae	ostreōsa
genitive	ostreōsī	ostreōsae	ostreōsī		ostreōsōrum	ostreōsārum	ostreōsōrum
dative	ostreōsō	ostreōsae	ostreōsō		ostreōsīs
accusative	ostreōsum	ostreōsam	ostreōsum		ostreōsōs	ostreōsās	ostreōsa
ablative	ostreōsō	ostreōsā	ostreōsō		ostreōsīs
vocative	ostreōse	ostreōsa	ostreōsum		ostreōsī	ostreōsae	ostreōsa

Related terms

• ostrea
• ostreārium
• ostreārius
• ostreātus

References

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