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
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ostreātus | ostreāta | ostreātum | ostreātī | ostreātae | ostreāta | |
| Genitive | ostreātī | ostreātae | ostreātī | ostreātōrum | ostreātārum | ostreātōrum | |
| Dative | ostreātō | ostreātō | ostreātīs | ||||
| Accusative | ostreātum | ostreātam | ostreātum | ostreātōs | ostreātās | ostreāta | |
| Ablative | ostreātō | ostreātā | ostreātō | ostreātīs | |||
| Vocative | ostreāte | ostreāta | ostreātum | ostreātī | ostreātae | ostreāta | |
Related terms
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.