ostes

See also: ôtés, ôtes, and östes

Cornish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ostəs/

Noun

ostes f (plural ostesow)

  1. hostess

Danish

Noun

ostes c

  1. genitive plural indefinite of ost

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄστης (óstēs).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈos.teːs/, [ˈɔs.teːs]

Noun

ostēs m (genitive ostae); first declension

  1. A kind of earthquake

Inflection

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ostēs ostae
Genitive ostae ostārum
Dative ostae ostīs
Accusative ostēn ostās
Ablative ostē ostīs
Vocative ostē ostae

References
  • ostes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ostes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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