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English
Adjective
osseus
- Misspelling of osseous.
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Latin
Etymology
os (“bone”) + -eus
Pronunciation
Adjective
osseus (feminine ossea, neuter osseum); first/second-declension adjective
- (attributive) bone
- bony, hard as bone
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “osseus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “osseus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- osseus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.