ὄστρεον
ostreon
oyster
Appears 27 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὄστρεον or ὄστρειον, τό, A. oyster; the proper Att. form is ὄστρειον (ὄστρεια . . ἔλεγον οἱ ἀρχαῖοι 3.92e, cf. Moer.p.285 P. (who recommends ὀστρία [ῑ] wrongly), , etc.), and this is required by the metre in the earlier Poets, κόγχοι, μύες, κὤστρεια Fr. 34; ὄστρεια συμμεμυκότα 42 (ὄστρεα codd. ); πίννῃσι καὶ ὀστρείοισιν ὁμοίη 8; πίνναι, λεπάδες, μύες, ὄστρεια 41.61 (anap.); while ὄστρεον is used in late Ep., Conv. 16, Fr. 83, and is found in Pap., PCair.Zen. 82.13 (iii B. C.), POxy. 738.5 (i A. D.):—the readings vary in (v. infr. III), as in , cf. HA 490b10, 525a20: generally, of all bivalves, ib.525a20, 528a1, Fr. 304, 12.345. II. oyster- or bivalve-shell, HA 531b5, 590a32. III. purple pigment, prob. that produced by the murex, cf. HA 548a12; ὄστρεον μόνον ἐπιφέρειν Cra. 424d; ὀστρείῳ ἐναληλιμμένος R. 420c; τὰ σώματα ἐκέχριντο ὀστρείῳ 2: ὄστρεα· τὰ κογχύλια, Λάκωνες ἄνθος,
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