ostracon
noun/ˈɒstɹəˌkɒn/UK/ˈɑstɹəˌkɑn/US
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon).
- borrowed from ὄστρακον
Definitions
A piece of pottery or stone, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel,…
A piece of pottery or stone, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel, especially one used to cast a vote during the Ancient Greek process of ostracism.
- Also on view are ostraca, pottery fragments on which Athenians inscribed the names of persons they felt too powerful for the good of the city and deserving of ostracism, or 10 years’ exile, a procedure formalized by Cleisthenes.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ostracon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA