OSTRACON


Meaning of OSTRACON in English

/os"treuh kon'/ , n. , pl. ostraca /-keuh/ .

(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, esp. one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.

Also, ostrakon .

[ 1880-85; óstrakon; see OSTRACIZE ]

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