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|Definition=τό, Att. contr. [[ὀστοῦν]], ''poet.'' [[ὀστεῦν]] ''AP''7.480 (Leon.); Aeol. perhaps [[ὄστιον]] Alc.''Oxy.''2081<br><span class="bld">A</span> (d)Fr.5: pl. [[ὀστέα]], Att. contr. [[ὀστᾶ]], late Ep. <b class="b3">ὀστά</b> [ᾰ] Opp.''C.''1.268, Epigr.in D.L.1.63, ''Epigr.Gr.''517.7 (Edessa); Dor. [[ὀστία]] Theoc.2.61; but Trag. and Com. use gen. pl. [[ὀστέων]], A.''Fr.''367 (codd. Poll.), S.''Tr.''769, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''1226, and it is so written in E.''Tr.''1177 where metre requires [[ὀστῶν]]: and the uncontr. forms generally occur in later Prose, as in Arist. (v. infr.); nom. ὀστέον ''PLit.Lond.''167.17(ii/iii A. D.); dat. pl. ὀστέοις Diog.Oen.39; Ep. gen. pl. [[ὀστεόφιν]] (v. infr.):—[[bone]], freq. in Hom. (Il.4.460, al.) and Hp. (''VC''1, al.); Hes. only in plural, ''Th.''540, al.; <b class="b3">λεύκ' ὀστέα</b> the [[bleach]]ed [[bone]]s of the [[dead]], Od.1.161, etc.; σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα 9.293; <b class="b3">πολὺς δ' ἀμφ' ὀστεόφιν θίς</b> a huge heap [[of bones]] around, 12.45; ῥινὸν ἀπ' ὀστεόφιν ἐρύσαι 14.134; γυμνοῦσι τὰ ὀστέα τῶν κρεῶν Hdt.4.61; <b class="b3">ὀστέων στέγαστρον</b>, of the skin, A.''Fr.''367; ἀρχὴ τῶν ὀστῶν ἡ καλουμένη ῥάχις [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''54b11; especially of the cranium, Hp.''VC''2, al., cf. Il. 12.185.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">γῆς ὀστέοισιν ἐγχριμφθεὶς πόδα</b>, i.e. [[rock]]s, Choeril.Trag.2 ([[ὀστοῖσιν]] Nauck).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[stone]] of [[fruit]], ὀστῶν περσεΐνων ''PCair.Zen.''176.168 (iii B. C.), cf. Dsc.''Eup.''1.66, ''Gp.''10.13.3, al., Sch.Nic.''Al.''99. [Accent [[ὀστέον]] Hdn.Gr.2.943, but ὄστεον Anon. ap. Sch.Il.24.793.] (Cf. Skt. ´sthi, gen. asthn´s 'bone', etc.)