What does ostrīnus mean in Latin?

ostrīnus, a adjective, means “a kind of Tyrian purple, likely the red kind: widely described by the Romans to be a kind of rubeus and rūfus”.

How do you pronounce ostrīnus?

In classical Latin, [ɔsˈtriː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [osˈtriː.nus].

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

ostrīnus (feminine ostrīna, neuter ostrīnum)

Classical[ɔsˈtriː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[osˈtriː.nus]

adjectivea kind of Tyrian purple, likely the red kind: widely described by the Romans to be a kind of rubeus and rūfus

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ostrīnus	ostrīna	ostrīnum
genitive	ostrīnī	ostrīnae	ostrīnī
dative	ostrīnō	ostrīnae	ostrīnō
accusative	ostrīnum	ostrīnam	ostrīnum
ablative	ostrīnō	ostrīnā	ostrīnō
vocative	ostrīne	ostrīna	ostrīnum

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ostrīnī	ostrīnae	ostrīna
genitive	ostrīnōrum	ostrīnārum	ostrīnōrum
dative	ostrīnīs	ostrīnīs	ostrīnīs
accusative	ostrīnōs	ostrīnās	ostrīna
ablative	ostrīnīs	ostrīnīs	ostrīnīs
vocative	ostrīnī	ostrīnae	ostrīna

ostrīnus, a, um, adj. ostrum,

I. purple (ante-class. and poet.): supparum, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 12: ricula, Turp. ib.: colores, Prop. 4, 12, 7: torus, id. 1, 14, 20: tunica, id. 3, 27, 26.

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -inus Latin ostrīnus From ostrum (“purple”) + -inus.