ostia

== English == === Noun === ostia plural of ostium === Anagrams === Saito, TOISA, Toias, stoai, IOTAs, taosi, Oatis, iotas, staio == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hostia. Compare Spanish hostia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔs.tja/ Homophone: Ostia Rhymes: -ɔstja Hyphenation: ò‧stia === Noun === ostia f (plural ostie) (Christianity) host (communion wafer) wafer === Interjection === ostia (midly blasphemous, chiefly northern Italy) geez, gosh Alternative forms: (euphemistic) ostrega (“oyster”, in Venetan), (euphemistic) osteria (literally “inn”) Synonyms: caspita, (vulgar) cazzo === References === === Anagrams === astio, osati, ostai, staio, tiaso, tosai == Latin == === Noun === ōstia nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ōstium === References === "ostia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “ostia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “ostia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “ostia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press == Spanish == === Etymology 1 === From hostia. ==== Noun ==== ostia f (plural ostias) nonstandard form of hostia ==== Interjection ==== ostia nonstandard form of hostia === Etymology 2 === See ostra. ==== Noun ==== ostia f (plural ostias) obsolete form of ostra === Further reading === “ostia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025