ostrum

See also: Ostrum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon, “oyster”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈos.trum/, [ˈɔs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.trum/, [ˈɔst̪rum]

Noun

ostrum n (genitive ostrī); second declension

1. the blood of the sea snail
2. the color purple

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	ostrum	ostra
genitive	ostrī	ostrōrum
dative	ostrō	ostrīs
accusative	ostrum	ostra
ablative	ostrō	ostrīs
vocative	ostrum	ostra

Related terms

• ostrea

Descendants

• Italian: ostro

References

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