ostium

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

ōstium ī, n

cf. os, a door : extra ostium, out of doors , T.: aperire, open , T.: operire, shut , T.: obserare intus, bolt , T.: aperto ostio dormire: exactio ostiorum, door-tax (i. e. ostiarium): ostia pulsat, knocks at , H.— A mouth, entrance : aperto ex ostio Acheruntis: alta ostia Ditis, V.: fluminis, mouth : Rhodani, Cs.: Tiberinaque ad ostia venit, O.: Oceani, i. e. the Strait of Gibraltar .

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