ostreatus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ostrea (“oyster”) + -ātus; i.e. "like the shell of an oyster".
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /os.treˈaː.tus/, [ɔs̠t̪reˈäːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /os.treˈa.tus/, [ost̪reˈäːt̪us]
Adjective edit
ostreātus (feminine ostreāta, neuter ostreātum); first/second-declension adjective
- (rare) rough, scabby
- c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 398:
- itaque iam quasi ostreatum tergum ulceribus gestito / propter amorem vestrum.
- 1912 translation by Henry Thomas Riley. (The Comedies of Plautus. London. G. Bell and Sons. Perseus.)
- MILPHIO: as it is, I've already got my back about as hard with weals as an oyster-shell, by reason of your amours.
- 1912 translation by Henry Thomas Riley. (The Comedies of Plautus. London. G. Bell and Sons. Perseus.)
- itaque iam quasi ostreatum tergum ulceribus gestito / propter amorem vestrum.
Declension edit
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 edit
References edit
- “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.