adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
ostreātus
ostreātus (feminine ostreāta, neuter ostreātum)
Classical[ɔs.treˈaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[os.treˈaː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiverarerough, scabby
[…]itaque iam quasi ostreatum tergum ulceribus gestito / propter amorem vestrum.
1912 translation by Henry Thomas Riley. (The Comedies of Plautus. London. G. Bell and Sons. Perseus.) MILPHIO: as it is, I've already got my back about as hard with weals as an oyster-shell, by reason of your amours.c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 1.2.191–192
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ostreātus | ostreāta | ostreātum |
| genitive | ostreātī | ostreātae | ostreātī |
| dative | ostreātō | ostreātae | ostreātō |
| accusative | ostreātum | ostreātam | ostreātum |
| ablative | ostreātō | ostreātā | ostreātō |
| vocative | ostreāte | ostreāta | ostreātum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ostreātī | ostreātae | ostreāta |
| genitive | ostreātōrum | ostreātārum | ostreātōrum |
| dative | ostreātīs | ostreātīs | ostreātīs |
| accusative | ostreātōs | ostreātās | ostreāta |
| ablative | ostreātīs | ostreātīs | ostreātīs |
| vocative | ostreātī | ostreātae | ostreāta |
ostrĕātus, a, um, adj. id.; qs. covered with oyster-shells; hence, transf.,
I. rough, scabby:
quasi ostreatum tergum ulceribus (i. e. verberibus), Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 186.Origins
From ostrea (“oyster”) + -ātus; i.e. "like the shell of an oyster".