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ὀστώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀστώδης ὀστώδες

Structure: ὀστωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like bone, bony

Examples

  • καὶ πάλιν ὁ Χαιρεφῶν κρεᾴδι’ ὠψώνει ποτέ, καὶ τοῦ μαγείρου, φασίν, ὀστῶδεσ σφόδρα αὐτῷ τι προσκόπτοντοσ ἀπὸ τύχησ κρέασ εἶπεν· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 43 1:5)
  • ὅτι δεῖ γυναικὸσ ἐπιφερούσησ δακτύλουσ ἁπαλοὺσ ὑπ’ ἀκάνθησ μηδὲ ἓν τούτουσ παθεῖν ξιφίασ, τοῦτον Ἀριστοτέλησ φησὶν ἔχειν τοῦ ῥύγχουσ τὸ μὲν ὑποκάτω μικρόν, τὸ δὲ καθύπερθεν ὀστῶδεσ μέγα, ἴσον τῷ ὅλῳ αὐτοῦ μεγέθει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 95 4:1)

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

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