ossifragus

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

ossĭfrăgus, a, um, adj. [2. os-frango],

I bone-breaking , Cass. Sev. ap. Sen. Contr. 5, 33.—

II Subst.: ossĭfrăgus , i, m., and ossĭfrăga , ae, f., the sea-eagle , osprey , Plin. 10, 7, 8, § 20; 30, 7, 20, § 63: accipitres, atque ossifragae, Lucr. 5, 1079; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 59.