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ostrĕa , ae, f., and (rarely) ostrĕum , i, n., = ὄστρεον,
I.an oyster, mussel, sea-snail (class.).
(α). Form ostrea, Enn. Heduph. 2 (p. 166 Vahl.); Lucil. ap. Non. 216, 6; Afran.; Turp. and Varr. ib.; Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 8; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 216, 14: “ostrearum vivaria,Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168.—
(β). Form ostreum: luna alit ostrea, Lucil. ap. Gell. 20, 8, 4; id. ap. Non. 216, 16; Varr. ib. 20: “ostrea Circeis, Miseno oriuntur echini,Hor. S. 2, 4, 33; Ov. F. 6, 174; Juv. 4, 142. —In sing. collect.: “ostrei testas siccas tundere,Pall. 1, 41, 3.
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    • Plautus, Rudens, 2.1
    • Horace, Satires, 2.4.33
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 20.8.4
    • Ovid, Fasti, 6
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