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单词 ostracon
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Definition of ostracon in English:

ostracon

(also ostrakon)
nounPlural ostraca, Plural ostraka ˈɒstrəkɒnˈästrəˌkän
historical
  • A potsherd used as a writing surface.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our earliest glimpse of Euclidean material will be the most remarkable for a thousand years, six fragmentary ostraca containing text and a figure… found on Elephantine Island in 1906/07 and 1907 / 08…
    • Sometimes writing from this period has survived on ostraca which are inscribed pottery fragments.
    • Votes were written on ostraka, which were broken pots, and from this name comes our present word to ostracise.
    • He noted down on a papyrus or an ostraka a full record of the grain measured so that a definite tax liability could be determined.
    • The ostraca are included, while texts from other sites in the Judean Desert will be included in a subsequent volume of the concordance.

Origin

Greek, 'hard shell or potsherd'.

 
 

Definition of ostracon in US English:

ostracon

(also ostrakon)
nounˈästrəˌkän
historical
  • A potsherd used as a writing surface.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ostraca are included, while texts from other sites in the Judean Desert will be included in a subsequent volume of the concordance.
    • Our earliest glimpse of Euclidean material will be the most remarkable for a thousand years, six fragmentary ostraca containing text and a figure… found on Elephantine Island in 1906/07 and 1907 / 08…
    • Votes were written on ostraka, which were broken pots, and from this name comes our present word to ostracise.
    • He noted down on a papyrus or an ostraka a full record of the grain measured so that a definite tax liability could be determined.
    • Sometimes writing from this period has survived on ostraca which are inscribed pottery fragments.

Origin

Greek, ‘hard shell or potsherd’.

 
 
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