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ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ ἀναπαύσεώς γε δεομένοις ἡμῖν νύκτα παρέχουσι κάλλιστον ἀναπαυτήριον → and again, we need rest; and therefore the gods grant us the welcome respite of night

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ossŭārĭus: a, um, adj. 2. os,
I of or for bones, bone- (post-class.): OLLA OSSVARIA, a vase to contain the bones of a corpse, a bone-urn, Inscr. Orell. 2896.—
II Subst.: ossŭārĭum (also written ossārĭum), ii, n., a receptacle for the bones of the dead, a bone-vault, charnel-house, Dig. 47, 12, 2; Inscr. Orell. 4511; 4556.