ostrĕa | ostrĕum, i (noun F.n) = ὄστρεον: f., and (rarely) , , n.
* An oyster, mussel, sea-snail (class.).
* Form ostrea, Enn. Heduph. 2 (p. 166 Vahl.); Lucil. ap. Non. 216, 6; Afran.; Turp. and Varr. ib.; Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 8; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 216, 14: ostrearum vivaria,Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168.
* Form ostreum: luna alit ostrea, Lucil. ap. Gell. 20, 8, 4; id. ap. Non. 216, 16; Varr. ib. 20: ostrea Circeis, Miseno oriuntur echini,Hor. S. 2, 4, 33; Ov. F. 6, 174; Juv. 4, 142. —In sing. collect.: ostrei testas siccas tundere,Pall. 1, 41, 3.

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