osseus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ossĕus, a, um, adj. [2. os],

I of bone , bone- (post Aug.): cuneus, Col. 5, 11: cultelli, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115.—

II Like bone , hard as bone , bony : manus, Juv. 5, 53: ilex, Plin. 16, 38, 73, § 186: cutis, Cassiod. Var. 10, 30.

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