ostrinus

Latin

Etymology

From ostrum (“purple”) +‎ -inus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔsˈtriː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [osˈtriː.nus]

Adjective

ostrīnus (feminine ostrīna, neuter ostrīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. a kind of Tyrian purple, likely the red kind: widely described by the Romans to be a kind of rubeus and rūfus

   Synonym: purpureus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ostrīnus	ostrīna	ostrīnum		ostrīnī	ostrīnae	ostrīna
genitive	ostrīnī	ostrīnae	ostrīnī		ostrīnōrum	ostrīnārum	ostrīnōrum
dative	ostrīnō	ostrīnae	ostrīnō		ostrīnīs
accusative	ostrīnum	ostrīnam	ostrīnum		ostrīnōs	ostrīnās	ostrīna
ablative	ostrīnō	ostrīnā	ostrīnō		ostrīnīs
vocative	ostrīne	ostrīna	ostrīnum		ostrīnī	ostrīnae	ostrīna

Related terms

• ostricolor

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)	rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock)	niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic)
ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)	rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses)	lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
viridis, flāvus (poetic)	viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic)	viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
	glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes)	caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic)
violāceus	purpureus (underlying shade)	roseus

References

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