ostrinus

Latin

Etymology

From ostrum (“purple”) +‎ -inus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /osˈtriː.nus/, [ɔs̠ˈt̪riːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /osˈtri.nus/, [osˈt̪riːnus]

Adjective

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

1. (poetic) purple

   Synonyms: purpureus, amethystinus

Declension

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

• ostricolor

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

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

• “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.