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1 ostrum
ostrum, i, n., = ostreon.I.Lit., the blood of the sea-snail, purple (cf.:II.murex, purpura): ostro Perfusae vestes,
Verg. A. 5, 111; Vitr. 7, 13.—Transf.A.Stuff dyed with purple, a purple dress, purple covering, purple:B.textilibus si in picturis ostroque rubenti Jacteris,
Lucr. 2, 35:stratoque super discumbitur ostro,
on purple-covered couches, Verg. A. 1, 700:Sarrano dormire ostro,
id. G. 2, 506:velare umeros ostro,
id. A. 7, 814; 4, 134; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 51:cenae sine aulaeis et ostro,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 15; id. Ep. 1, 10, 26.—The brilliancy of purple, purple, Auct. Aetnae, 332.
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