oyster
oyster
subs.
P. and V. ὄστρειον, τό (Aesch. Frag.).
subs.
P. and V. ὄστρειον, τό (Aesch. Frag.).
OYSTER
ostrea; ostreum (poetical). Of or belonging to oysters ostrearius: full of oysters ostreosus (poetical): an oyster-bed or pit ostrearium; ostrearium vivarium (artificially prepared; Vid: Plin. 9 54 79; Macrobius Sat. 2 11): the beard of an oyster fibrae: bread eaten with oysters panis ostrearius: the taking of oysters ostrearum lectio (☞ not captura): a dealer in oysters ostrearius: an oyster-shell testa: to open an oyster testam discuneare.
ostrea; ostreum (poetical). Of or belonging to oysters ostrearius: full of oysters ostreosus (poetical): an oyster-bed or pit ostrearium; ostrearium vivarium (artificially prepared; Vid: Plin. 9 54 79; Macrobius Sat. 2 11): the beard of an oyster fibrae: bread eaten with oysters panis ostrearius: the taking of oysters ostrearum lectio (☞ not captura): a dealer in oysters ostrearius: an oyster-shell testa: to open an oyster testam discuneare.
oyster: ostrĕa: o.-beds or preserves, ostrearum vivaria, Plin. 9, 54, 79. Less freq. ostreum, i: Hor. S. 2, 4, 33. (Ostrea edulis, Linn.) Pertaining to o.s, oyster-, ostrearius: Plin.: whence, ostrearium, an o.-bed, Plin. 9, 51, 74 § 160: yielding or abounding in o.s, ostrifer, Virg. G. 1, 207: ostreosus. Cat.