ostes

ostes

See also: ôtés, ôtes, and östes

Cornish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ostəs/

Noun

ostes f (plural ostesow)

  1. hostess

Danish

Noun

ostes c

  1. indefinite genitive plural of ost

Estonian

Verb

ostes

  1. des-form of ostma

Noun

ostes

  1. inessive plural of ost
    Synonym: ostudes

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄστης (óstēs).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ostēs m (genitive ostae); first declension

    1. A kind of earthquake

    Declension

    First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

    singular plural
    nominative ostēs ostae
    genitive ostae ostārum
    dative ostae ostīs
    accusative ostēn ostās
    ablative ostē ostīs
    vocative ostē ostae

    References

    • ostes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • ostes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Middle English

    Noun

    ostes

    1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of hostesse

    Old English

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈoːs.tes/

    Noun

    ōstes

    1. genitive singular of ōst