ostracias
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀστρακίας (ostrakías).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /osˈtra.ki.aːs/, [ɔs̠ˈt̪räkiäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /osˈtra.t͡ʃi.as/, [osˈt̪räːt͡ʃiäs]
Noun edit
ostraciās m (genitive ostraciae); first declension
- A kind of precious stone, probably the hornstone or chalcedony
Declension edit
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ostraciās | ostraciae |
| Genitive | ostraciae | ostraciārum |
| Dative | ostraciae | ostraciīs |
| Accusative | ostraciān | ostraciās |
| Ablative | ostraciā | ostraciīs |
| Vocative | ostraciā | ostraciae |
References edit
- “ostracias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ostracias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.