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ὄστρεον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄστρεον ὀστρέου

Structure: ὀστρε (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. bivalve
  2. oyster
  3. purple pigment, probably that produced by murex

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὄστρεον ὀστρέω ό̓στρεα
Genitive ὀστρέου ὀστρέοιν ὀστρέων
Dative ὀστρέῳ ὀστρέοιν ὀστρέοις
Accusative ὄστρεον ὀστρέω ό̓στρεα
Vocative ό̓στρεον ὀστρέω ό̓στρεα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐδὲν γὰρ τῶν ἀλόγων ζῴων δίδωσι καὶ λαμβάνει, πρὸσ ἅπερ αἱ χεῖρεσ ὄργανα δέδονται, πάλιν τῶν ζῴων τὰ μὲν ἄρθρα ἔχει, ὡσ ἄνθρωποσ, ὄνοσ, βοῦσ, τὰ δὲ ἄναρθρά ἐστιν, οἱο͂ν ὄφεισ, ὄστρεα, πλεύμονεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 49 2:1)
  • Τραιανῷ δὲ τῷ αὐτοκράτορι ἐν Παρθίᾳ ὄντι καὶ τῆσ θαλάσσησ ἀπέχοντι ἡμερῶν παμπόλλων ὁδόν, Ἀπίκιοσ ὄστρεα νεαρὰ διεπέμψατο ὑπὸ σοφίασ αὐτοῦ τεθησαυρισμένα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 12 3:1)
  • καὶ λέγει ὅτι μύασ τε ἐθήρων τοὺσ θαλασσίουσ οἱ στρατιῶται, καὶ ὄστρεα δὲ καὶ τοὺσ σωλῆνασ καλεομένουσ, ἄτοπα τὸ μέγαθοσ, ὡσ τοῖσιν ἐν τῇδε τῇ ἡμετέρῃ θαλάσσῃ συμβαλέειν· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 21 14:2)
  • θηρεύουσι δὲ καὶ καράβουσ πολλαχῆ καὶ ὄστρεα καὶ κογχύλια. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 29 14:1)
  • ὄστρεά τε καὶ λοπάδασ καὶ φυκία πολλά ἔχειν ἐπιπεφυκότα. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 39 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. oyster

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