ostrakon

[ os-truh-kon ]

noun

, plural os·tra·ka [os, -tr, uh, -k, uh].

1. a variant of ostracon.

Example Sentences

Then each voter received a shell (Greek, ostrakon), and dropped it into a place made for that purpose.

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One of their most interesting games, and one which you would all enjoy, was the twirling of the ostrakon.

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From ostrakon, a tile; the voter wrote the name on a tile or shell.

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