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ostro

ostro is a Latin form of ostrum, meaning “purple dye; purple color”. It is the ablative singular neuter noun or dative singular neuter noun.

Found 63 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Georgics 2.506: ut gemma bibat et Sarrano dormiat ostro;

All forms of ostrum (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.