ostrinus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ostrum (“purple”) + -inus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /osˈtriː.nus/, [ɔs̠ˈt̪riːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /osˈtri.nus/, [osˈt̪riːnus]
Adjective edit
ostrīnus (feminine ostrīna, neuter ostrīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- (poetic) purple
- Synonyms: purpureus, amethystinus
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ostrīnus | ostrīna | ostrīnum | ostrīnī | ostrīnae | ostrīna | |
| Genitive | ostrīnī | ostrīnae | ostrīnī | ostrīnōrum | ostrīnārum | ostrīnōrum | |
| Dative | ostrīnō | ostrīnō | ostrīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | ostrīnum | ostrīnam | ostrīnum | ostrīnōs | ostrīnās | ostrīna | |
| Ablative | ostrīnō | ostrīnā | ostrīnō | ostrīnīs | |||
| Vocative | ostrīne | ostrīna | ostrīnum | ostrīnī | ostrīnae | ostrīna | |
Related terms edit
See also edit
| albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
| ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References edit
- “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.