ostes

== Cornish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ostəs/ === Noun === ostes f (plural ostesow) hostess == Danish == === Noun === ostes c indefinite genitive plural of ost == Estonian == === Verb === ostes des-form of ostma === Noun === ostes inessive plural of ost Synonym: ostudes == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄστης (óstēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔs.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔs.tes] === Noun === ostēs m (genitive ostae); first declension A kind of earthquake ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). === 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. == Middle English == === Noun === ostes (Late Middle English) alternative form of hostesse