ostreum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ostrea === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔs.tre.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔs.tre.um] === Noun === ostreum n (genitive ostreī); second declension alternative form of ostrea; oyster ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “ostreum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ostreum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.