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bone

From LSJ

Δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → Quercu cadente, nemo ignatu abstinet → Fiel erst die Eiche, holt ein jeder Mann sich Holz

Menander, Monostichoi, 123

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. ὀστοῦν, τό.

made of bone, adj.: ὀστέϊνος (Plato), Ar. ὄστινος.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

bŏnĕ: adv., = bene, formerly read in Lucr. 2, 7; 4, 572; 6, 998, by Gifan. after some ancient MSS.; now replaced by bene.