ostrăcĭum — Lewis & Short
ostrăcĭum or ostrăcĕum, ii, n., = o)stra/kion,
I a mussel, also called onyx, Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 134.
The corpus record — Latin
ostracium
ostracium · n
a mussel
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Where it lives
- Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
- Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- Ostracine Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 22.16.3
- Ostracine Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.13
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.
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