Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀστέϊνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀστέϊνος ὀστέϊνη ὀστέϊνον

Structure: ὀστεϊν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. made of bone, of bone

Examples

  • κεράτινα δὲ καὶ ὀστέινα σίδηρόσ τε καὶ χαλκόσ, ἔτι δὲ μόλιβδόσ τε καὶ κασσίτεροσ καὶ ἄργυροσ καὶ τὸ ἤλεκτρον ὑπὸ τούτου σήπεται τοῦ ὕδατοσ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 18 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. made of bone

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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