ostrea
See also: Ostrea
Latin
ostrea (an oyster)
Alternative forms
- ostreum (rare)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈos.tre.a/, [ˈɔs̠t̪reä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈos.tre.a/, [ˈɔst̪reä]
Noun
ostrea f (genitive ostreae); first declension
- oyster, mussel
Declension
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
- ostreārium
- ostreārius
- ostreātus
- ostreōsus
- ostrifer
Related terms
- ostrum
Descendants
- Esperanto: ostro
- Italian: ostrica
- → Middle Dutch: oester
- Dutch: oester
- → Middle Low German: uster
- → German: Auster
- → Old English: ostre
- Old French: oistre
- Middle French: oistre
- French: huître
- Norman: hitre
- → Middle English: oystre
- English: oyster
- Middle French: oistre
- Old Portuguese: ostra
- Galician: ostra
- Portuguese: ostra
- → Catalan: ostra
- → Spanish: ostra
- Sicilian: òstraca
- Translingual: Ostrea
See also
- ostrum
References
- “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