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ostrinus.

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

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ɔsˈtriː.nʊs]Classical-Latin[osˈtriː.nus]
  1. a kind of Tyrian purple, likely the red kind: widely described by the Romans to be a kind of rubeus and rūfus

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

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

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