Cornish

Noun

ostes f ‎(plural ostesow)

1. hostess

Danish

Noun

ostes c

1. genitive plural indefinite of ost

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄστης ‎(óstēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.teːs/, [ˈɔs.teːs]

Noun

ostēs m ‎(genitive ostae); first declension

1. A kind of earthquake

Inflection

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.

References

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