ὄστρεον
ὄστρε-ον or
ὄστρειον,
τό,
A). oyster; the proper Att. form is
ὄστρειον (
ὄστρεια .. ἔλεγον οἱ ἀρχαῖοι Ath. 3.92e , cf. Moer.
p.285 P. (who recommends
ὀστρία wrongly),
Phot., etc.), and this is required by the metre in the earlier Poets,
κόγχοι, μύες, κὤστρεια A. Fr. 34 ;
ὄστρεια συμμεμυκότα Epich. 42 (
ὄστρεα codd.
Ath.);
πίννῃσι καὶ ὀστρείοισιν ὁμοίη Cratin. 8 ;
πίνναι, λεπάδες, μύες, ὄστρεια Anaxandr. 41.61 (anap.); while
ὄστρεον is used in late Ep.,
Matro Conv. 16 ,
Nic. Fr. 83 , and is found in Pap.,
PCair.Zen. 82.13 (iii B. C.),
POxy. 738.5 (i A. D.):—the readings vary in
Pl. (v. infr. III), as in
Arist., cf.
HA 490b10 ,
525a20 : generally, of all
bivalves, ib.
525a20 ,
528a1 ,
Fr. 304 ,
Gal. 12.345 .
ShortDef
an oyster
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ὄστρεον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
οστρεον
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-75649
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὄστρε-ον</span> or <span class="orth greek">ὄστρειον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">oyster</span>; the proper Att. form is <span class="foreign greek">ὄστρειον </span>( <span class="quote greek">ὄστρεια .. ἔλεγον οἱ ἀρχαῖοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:92e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.92e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 3.92e </a> , cf. Moer.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:p.285" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:p.285/canonical-url/"> p.285 </a> P. (who recommends <span class="foreign greek">ὀστρία </span> wrongly), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phot.</span></span>, etc.), and this is required by the metre in the earlier Poets, <span class="quote greek">κόγχοι, μύες, κὤστρεια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 34 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὄστρεια συμμεμυκότα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 42 </a> (<span class="foreign greek">ὄστρεα</span> codd. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">πίννῃσι καὶ ὀστρείοισιν ὁμοίη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.</span> 8 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πίνναι, λεπάδες, μύες, ὄστρεια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:41:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:41.61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxandr.</span> 41.61 </a> (anap.); while <span class="foreign greek">ὄστρεον</span> is used in late Ep., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1486.tlg001:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1486.tlg001:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Matro</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Conv.</span> 16 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 83 </span>, and is found in Pap., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 82.13 </span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 738.5 </span> (i A. D.):—the readings vary in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> </span> (v. infr. III), as in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span></span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:490b:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:490b.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 490b10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:525a:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:525a.20/canonical-url/"> 525a20 </a>: generally, of all <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bivalves</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:525a:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:525a.20/canonical-url/"> 525a20 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:528a:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:528a.1/canonical-url/"> 528a1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg051:304" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg051:304/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 304 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 12.345 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">oyster-</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bivalve-shell</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:531b:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:531b.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 531b5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:590a:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:590a.32/canonical-url/"> 590a32 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">purple pigment</span>, prob. that produced by the murex, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:548a:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:548a.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 548a12 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὄστρεον μόνον ἐπιφέρειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:424d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:424d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 424d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὀστρείῳ ἐναληλιμμένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:420c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:420c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 420c </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰ σώματα ἐκέχριντο ὀστρείῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1240.tlg001:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1240.tlg001:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Callix.</span> 2 </a> : <span class="foreign greek">ὄστρεα· τὰ κογχύλια, Αάκωνες ἄνθος</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> </div> </div><br><br>'}