ἐξόστωσις
From LSJ
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
-εως, ἡ, (ὀστέον) diseased excrescence on the bone, node, esp. on the temples, Gal.7.728, 10.1013.
German (Pape)
[Seite 888] ἡ, Knochengeschwulst, Medic.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐξόστωσις: -εως, ἡ, (ὀστέον) νοσώδης ἀπόφυσις τῶν ὀστῶν, ἐξόγκωσις αὐτῶν, ἐξοστώσεις εἶναι ἰδίως αἱ κατὰ τοὺς κροτάφους ὀστώδεις ἐξοχαί, Γαλην., πρβλ. Foës. Oecon. Hipp.
