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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

  • "γίνεται δὲ ἐν ὀστρέῳ τινὶ παραπλησίῳ ταῖσ πίνναισ, πλὴν ἐλάττονι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 454)
  • "θηρεύεται δὲ κατὰ τὴν Ἰνδικὴν θάλασσαν, ὡσαύτωσ δὲ καὶ κατὰ τὴν Ἀρμενίαν καὶ Περσικὴν καὶ Σουσιανὴν καὶ Βαβυλωνίαν, παρόμοιον ὀστρέῳ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 45 1:2)
  • καὶ τὰσ Θεοφράστου θέσεισ ὀστρέῳ γεγράφθαι. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. e'. KRANTWR 4:7)

Synonyms

  1. oyster

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