ostracias

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ostracītis === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀστρακίας (ostrakías). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔsˈtra.ki.aːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [osˈtraː.t͡ʃi.as] === Noun === ostraciās m (genitive ostraciae); first declension A kind of precious stone, probably the hornstone or chalcedony ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās). === References === “ostracias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ostracias”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.