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Ostia meaning

  1. A port and town on the Tiber in Italia, Roman Empire, the harbour of ancient Rome.
  2. A modern refounding of the ancient town at the mouth of the Tiber, now a neighbourhood of Rome, Italy.

Using Ostia

  • The main meaning on this page is: A port and town on the Tiber in Italia, Roman Empire, the harbour of ancient Rome. | A modern refounding of the ancient town at the mouth of the Tiber, now a neighbourhood of Rome, Italy.
  • In the example corpus, ostia often appears in combinations such as: of ostia, the ostia, ostia and.

Context around Ostia

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

alexandria 1×

Often after:

channels 1× mithraeum 1× transport 1× afterwards 1× antica 1×

Sentence patterns with Ostia

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and the ostia had been 1× bishop of ostia 1× bishop of ostia and velletri 1× bishopric of ostia at the 1× block the ostia transport them 1× cardinal of ostia was dispatched 1× from alexandria ostia and laodicea 1× in the ostia mithraeum of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a detailed account 1× a few species 1× a mosaic in 1× about 165 they 1× according to chronicler 1× all sponges have 1×

Common sentence endings:

bishop of ostia 1× closable inlet valves 1× first salt works 1× for fisher boats 1× in the south 1× into the heart 1×

Words around Ostia

Just before it in the word index:

osthus 3 osthoff 2 ostfriesland 3 osterville 3 ostertag 3 osterreicher 2

Just after it in the word index:

ostiguy 3 ostin 2 ostinato 5 ostland 3 ostle 3 ostler 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

abbeys 42 abundances 42 aced 42 ackman 42 actinides 42 adeboye 42

Corpus analysis for Ostia

  • In this selection, "ostia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, alexandria, channels, mithraeum and transport stand out and add context to how "ostia" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the ostia had been and bishop of ostia. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ostia" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ostia

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Coins from Alexandria, Ostia, and Laodicea in Syria also exist. (10 words)

A few species can contract their whole bodies, and many can close their oscula and ostia. (16 words)

He was made cardinal-bishop of Ostia and Velletri in February 1352, by Pope Clement VI. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

A detailed account of the abbey at this date exists in the Chronica monasterii Cassinensis by Leo of Ostia and Amatus of Monte Cassino gives us our best source on the early Normans in the south. (36 words)

History main Early history Necropolis of Tuvixeddu Karalitan ship owners and traders, mosaic in Ostia Antica Is Centu Scalas ("a hundred steps"), the Roman amphitheatre of Cagliari Cagliari has been inhabited since ancient times. (34 words)

About 165 they erected monuments to their martyred apostles, to Peter in a necropolis on the Vatican Hill, to Paul on the road to Ostia, at the traditional sites of their burial. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

About 165 they erected monuments to their martyred apostles, to Peter in a necropolis on the Vatican Hill, to Paul on the road to Ostia, at the traditional sites of their burial.

According to chronicler Leo of Ostia the Greek artists decorated the apse, the arch and the vestibule of the basilica.

A detailed account of the abbey at this date exists in the Chronica monasterii Cassinensis by Leo of Ostia and Amatus of Monte Cassino gives us our best source on the early Normans in the south.

A few species can contract their whole bodies, and many can close their oscula and ostia.

All sponges have ostia, channels leading to the interior through the mesohyl, and in most sponges these are controlled by tube-like porocytes that form closable inlet valves.

Although the city has its own quarter on the Mediterranean Sea ( Lido di Ostia ), this has only a marina and a small channel-harbour for fisher boats.

A mosaic in the Ostia Mithraeum of Felicissimus depicts these grades, with symbolic emblems that are connected either to the grades or are just symbols of the planets.

Archeocytes remove mineral particles that threaten to block the ostia, transport them through the mesohyl and generally dump them into the outgoing water current, although some species incorporate them into their skeletons.

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Cardinals Ugolino of Ostia (afterwards Pope Gregory IX ) and Guido Papareschi were empowered to appoint the new Pope.

Coins from Alexandria, Ostia, and Laodicea in Syria also exist.

Della Rovere fortified himself in his bishopric of Ostia at the Tiber 's mouth as Alexander formed a league against Naples (25 April 1493) and prepared for war.

During diastole, blood flows through the ostia from the pericardial sinus (the cavity containing the heart) into the heart.

He also founded the port of Ostia on the Tyrrhenian Sea and established Rome’s first salt works.

He was made cardinal-bishop of Ostia and Velletri in February 1352, by Pope Clement VI.

His fuel state continued to be critical: on 1 November, two more supply ships—the Tripolino and the Ostia—had been torpedoed and sunk from the air north-west of Tobruk.

History main Early history Necropolis of Tuvixeddu Karalitan ship owners and traders, mosaic in Ostia Antica Is Centu Scalas ("a hundred steps"), the Roman amphitheatre of Cagliari Cagliari has been inhabited since ancient times.

Honorius had a long-standing dislike of Oderisio going back to the time when Honorius was cardinal-bishop of Ostia.

In response, Nero fled Rome with the intention of going to the port of Ostia and, from there, to take a fleet to one of the still-loyal eastern provinces.

In the same century, an epigraph praises one of Ostia 's local elite as the first to "arm women" in the history of its games.

Lambert, the Cardinal of Ostia was dispatched to convoke a synod at Worms, which began on September 8, 1122.

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Common combinations with ostia

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ostia" in a sentence?
An example: "About 165 they erected monuments to their martyred apostles, to Peter in a necropolis on the Vatican Hill, to Paul on the road to Ostia, at the traditional sites of their burial." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "ostia" from authentic English texts.
What does "ostia" mean?
Ostia means: A port and town on the Tiber in Italia, Roman Empire, the harbour of ancient Rome.
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