ostrya

See also: Ostrya

Latin

Alternative forms

• ostrys

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀστρύα (ostrúa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈos.try.a/, [ˈɔs̠t̪ryä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tri.a/, [ˈɔst̪riä]

Noun

ostrya f (genitive ostryae); first declension

1. European hophornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ostrya	ostryae
Genitive	ostryae	ostryārum
Dative	ostryae	ostryīs
Accusative	ostryam	ostryās
Ablative	ostryā	ostryīs
Vocative	ostrya	ostryae

Descendants

• → Translingual: Ostrya
• ⇒? Welsh: oestrwydd

References

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