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ostrăcĭas, ae, m., and ostrăcītis, ĭdis, f., = οστρακίας, ὀστρακῖτις, a semigem, prob. hornstone or chalcedony, Plin. 37, 10, 65, § 177.

ostrăcītes, ae, m., = ὀστρακίτης, a precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 36, 19, 31, § 139.

ostrăcītis, ĭdis, f., = ὀστρακῖτις.

  1. I. Hornstone; v. ostracias.
  2. II. A kind of cadmia, Plin. 34, 10, 22, § 103.

ostrăcĭum or ostrăcĕum, ii, n., = ὀστράκιον, a mussel, also called onyx, Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 134.