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

  • ἐπεάν φυσητῆρασ λάβωσι ὀστεί̈νουσ αὐλοῖσι προσεμφερεστάτουσ, τούτουσ ἐσθέντεσ ἐσ τῶν θηλέων ἵππων τά ἄρθρα φυσῶσι τοῖσι στόμασι, ἄλλοι δὲ ἄλλων φυσώντων ἀμέλγουσι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 2 1:2)

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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