ostii
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ostium, osti(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
doorway; front door; starting gate; entrance (underworld); (river) mouth;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...omni studio ad parandam classem incubuerunt. Erant omnibus ostiis Nili custodiae exigendi portorii causa dispositae; naves veteres erant..."Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...triginta nauium classe--omnes autem quinqueremes erant--Ostiis Tiberinis profectus praeter oram Tusci maris, Alpesque et Gallicum sinum..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Thuriis Neapolim et Cumas et inde Antio atque Ostiis tenus Samnites aut socios validos Romanis aut fractos bello..."