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|Definition=or ὄστρειον, τό, <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> | |Definition=or ὄστρειον, τό, <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> [[oyster]]; the proper Att. form is <b class="b3">ὄστρειον</b> (ὄστρεια . . ἔλεγον οἱ ἀρχαῖοι <span class="bibl">Ath.3.92e</span>, cf. Moer.<span class="bibl">p.285</span> P. (who recommends <b class="b3">ὀστρία [ῑ]</b> wrongly), Phot., etc.), and this is required by the metre in the earlier Poets, κόγχοι, μύες, κὤστρεια <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>34</span>; ὄστρεια συμμεμυκότα <span class="bibl">Epich.42</span> (<b class="b3">ὄστρεα</b> codd. Ath.); πίννῃσι καὶ ὀστρείοισιν ὁμοίη <span class="bibl">Cratin.8</span>; πίνναι, λεπάδες, μύες, ὄστρεια <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.41.61</span> (anap.); while <b class="b3">ὄστρεον</b> is used in late Ep., <span class="bibl">Matro <span class="title">Conv.</span>16</span>, Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>83, and is found in Pap., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>82.13</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>738.5</span> (i A. D.):—the readings vary in Pl. (v. infr. III), as in Arist., cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>490b10</span>, <span class="bibl">525a20</span>: generally, of all [[bivalves]], ib.<span class="bibl">525a20</span>, <span class="bibl">528a1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>304</span>, Gal.12.345. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">oyster-</b> or <b class="b2">bivalve-shell</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>531b5</span>, <span class="bibl">590a32</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">purple pigment</b>, prob. that produced by the murex, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>548a12</span>; ὄστρεον μόνον ἐπιφέρειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>424d</span>; ὀστρείῳ ἐναληλιμμένος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>420c</span>; τὰ σώματα ἐκέχριντο ὀστρείῳ <span class="bibl">Callix.2</span>: <b class="b3">ὄστρεα· τὰ κογχύλια, Αάκωνες ἄνθος</b>, Hsch.</span> | ||
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