English

Noun

ostium ‎(plural ostia)

1. A small opening or orifice, as in a body organ or passage.
2. Any of the small openings or pores in a sponge.

Anagrams

• timous

Latin

Etymology

Cognate with ōs ‎(“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoːs.ti.um/, [ˈoːs.ti.ũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.ti.um/

Noun

ōstium n ‎(genitive ōstiī); second declension

1. door
2. entrance
3. estuary

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (door): iānua

Derived terms

• ōstiātim

Related terms

• ōstiārius
• ōstiolum

Descendants

References

• ostium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ostium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• OSTIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ostium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to knock at the door: ostium, fores pulsare
    
  • to open, shut the door: ostium, fores aperire, claudere
    
• ostium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ostium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin