osseus
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
Latin > English
osseus ossea, osseum ADJ :: bone-, made/consisting of bone; bone-like; bone rather than flesh, emaciated
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ossĕus: a, um, adj. 2. os,
I of bone, bone- (post Aug.): cuneus, Col. 5, 11: cultelli, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115.—
II Like bone, hard as bone, bony: manus, Juv. 5, 53: ilex, Plin. 16, 38, 73, § 186: cutis, Cassiod. Var. 10, 30.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ossĕus,¹⁴ a, um (os 2), osseux : Juv. 5, 53 || d’os, fait d’os : Plin. 12, 115 || dur comme un os : Plin. 16, 186.
Latin > German (Georges)
osseus, a, um (2. os), I) beinern, knöchern, culter, Colum.: cultellus, Plin.: cultellulus, Solin.: mucro (Schreibgriffel), Atta com. fr.: forma, Totengerippe, Ov. – II) übtr., knochenähnlich = knochenhart, knochendürr u. dgl., ilex, Plin.: manus, Iuven.
