ostium
English
Noun
ostium (plural ostia)
Latin
Etymology
Cognate with ōs (“mouth”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈoːs.ti.um/, [ˈoːs.ti.ũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈos.ti.um/
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ōstium | ōstia |
Genitive | ōstiī | ōstiōrum |
Dative | ōstiō | ōstiīs |
Accusative | ōstium | ōstia |
Ablative | ōstiō | ōstiīs |
Vocative | ōstium | ōstia |
Synonyms
- (door): iānua
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ostium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ostium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ostium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- ostium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to knock at the door: ostium, fores pulsare
- to open, shut the door: ostium, fores aperire, claudere
- to knock at the door: ostium, fores pulsare
- ostium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ostium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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